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linux/pacman: error with database files added

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Marten B. Kante
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@@ -335,3 +335,16 @@ To update the package either way the following command can be used.
```sh ```sh
sudo pacman -S --overwrite "*" <package name> sudo pacman -S --overwrite "*" <package name>
``` ```
### Error `error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/core.db: Unrecognized archive format`
If the error `error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/core.db: Unrecognized archive format`
or a similar one with another database file is thrown it can mostly be easily fixed by removing the
database file with the following command.
```txt
rm -rf /var/lib/pacman/sync/*
```
Alternatively - and this is probably a bit safer - the files can be temporarily be moved somewhere
else and removed after confirming the error was fixed.