Haalppp! Mehh!

[matt101]

I managed to install and setup arch linux absolutely fine and it is working fine. But when i ran the command

# pacman -S kde

it started installing fine then my sceen went off, so my natural reaction was to hit the spacebar...
This then stopped one of the packages installing at 88%, so i won't have that package, and i have no idea what the package is, it could be important!!

Do i just run the

# pacman -S kde

command again and it will check if i have all the packages, then install the missing one?

And also what button do i press to bring the screen back up if i turns off, because it has done it again!

 

[lulzfish]

I don't think pressing Space could interfere with package installation, but it probably screwed up the terminal so it skipped a line, like:

somepackage: ==========> [88%]
somepackage: ==============>[100%]
otherpackage: ===============>[100%]

So it's just an output error.

Pacman will tell you if something breaks, and it certainly won't try to install if you missed something important.

 

[klikklak]

Type reset in to a terminal to have it reset. If it's in the middle of installation, just C-z and fg back in after.