'Pacman transaction error

Today I installed Arch Linux onto my Raspberry Pi and as one of my first steps I tried to install some new packages. However, I always get the same error if I try to install a package: 

error: failed to commit transaction (wrong or NULL argument passed)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

I checked some other repository servers, but it still does not work. Here is my current mirrorlist:

#
# Arch Linux ARM repository mirrorlist
# Generated on 2013-06-13
#

## Geo-IP based mirror selection and load balancing
# Server = http://mirror.archlinuxarm.org/armv6h/$repo

## Berlin
Server = http://de.mirror.archlinuxarm.org/armv6h/$repo

Then I tried to clear my cache:

pacman -Sc
rm /var/cache/pacman/pkg/*.part
pacman -Syyu

It did not work! Any ideas?

raspberry-piarmarchlinuxpacman-package-manager


Solution 1:[1]

First, make sure your system is up-to-date with "sudo pacman -Syu" Then you can try selecting new mirrors and "sudo pacman -Syy" to refresh your mirrorlist. It's good to have a main mirror, and a few backups.

Try checking the wiki: Mirrors - ArchWiki

Also check Mirrors status page: Mirror Status

Just as a side note, I couldn't find your mirror in the list of current mirrors, so there could be your problem.

If all else fails, I'd take it to the arch forums, but just a warning, you're going to have to provide a lot more information, packages you're trying to install, and possible the pacman jorunal error messages, etc...

Solution 2:[2]

Try this in your terminal

sudo pacman-mirrors --country all --api --protocols all --set-branch stable && sudo pacman -Syyu

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