[quote="graysky"Try it to install the basedevel group:
Code:
sudo pacman -S base-devel
got myself added to the sudo users list.
is this normal ? It appears to error out . I selected all.
Quote:
]$ sudo pacman -S base-devel
:: There are 13 members in group base-devel:
:: Repository core
1) autoconf 2) automake 3) binutils 4) bison 5) fakeroot 6) flex
7) gcc

libtool 9) m4 10) make 11) pacman 12) patch 13) pkg-config
Enter a selection (default=all):
warning: pacman-4.1.0-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
Packages (18):
Name Old Version New Version Net Change Download Size
core/cloog 0.17.0-2 0.55 MiB
core/isl 0.10-1 2.94 MiB
core/libmpc 1.0.1-1 0.38 MiB
core/mpfr 3.1.1-1 1.50 MiB
core/ppl 1.0-1 25.18 MiB
core/autoconf 2.69-1 2.18 MiB
core/automake 1.12.5-1 1.83 MiB
core/binutils 2.23.1-1 19.73 MiB
core/bison 2.6-1 2.08 MiB
core/fakeroot 1.18.4-1 0.22 MiB
core/flex 2.5.36-1 1.77 MiB
core/gcc 4.7.2-2 72.84 MiB
core/libtool 2.4.2-7 1.28 MiB
core/m4 1.4.16-2 0.28 MiB
core/make 3.82-4 1.29 MiB
core/pacman 4.1.0-1 4.1.0-1 0.00 MiB 0.57 MiB
core/patch 2.6.1-3 0.14 MiB 0.06 MiB
core/pkg-config 0.27-1 0.11 MiB
Total Download Size: 0.63 MiB
Total Installed Size: 138.21 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 134.31 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] Y
:: Retrieving packages ...
error: failed retrieving file 'pacman-4.1.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from bits.linhe s.org : Maximum file size exceeded
warning: failed to retrieve some files
error: failed retrieving file 'patch-2.6.1-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from bits.linhes .org : The requested URL returned error: 404
warning: failed to retrieve some files
error: failed to commit transaction (download library error)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.