dkp-pacman: unrecognized zst archive format

[babi]

Hi everyone,

I'm a new member of this forum, even though I already had experience with devkitpro while studying gba development (thanks to Tonc).

This is my second time trying to install devkitpro.
I want to develop on a very old laptop with SparkyLinux 6.7 (Debian-based distro) and i686 architecture.
I followed the usual steps and installed dkp-pacman (the latest version available) without any problem.
However, on installing the gba tools and libs, I run into this error (running the command dkp-pacman -S gba-dev):

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error: could not open file /opt/devkitpro/pacman/var/cache/pacman/pkg/dkp-cmake-common-utils-1.5.1-1-any.pkg.tar.zst: Unrecognized archive format
error: could not open file /opt/devkitpro/pacman/var/cache/pacman/pkg/devkitarm-cmake-1.2.1-1-any.pkg.tar.zst: Unrecognized archive format
error: could not open file /opt/devkitpro/pacman/var/cache/pacman/pkg/devkitarm-crtls-1.2.2-1-any.pkg.tar.zst: Unrecognized archive format
error: could not open file /opt/devkitpro/pacman/var/cache/pacman/pkg/general-tools-1.4.4-1-i686.pkg.tar.zst: Unrecognized archive format
error: could not open file /opt/devkitpro/pacman/var/cache/pacman/pkg/devkitarm-rules-1.5.1-1-any.pkg.tar.zst: Unrecognized archive format
error: could not open file /opt/devkitpro/pacman/var/cache/pacman/pkg/devkitARM-r62-1-i686.pkg.tar.zst: Unrecognized archive format
error: could not open file /opt/devkitpro/pacman/var/cache/pacman/pkg/devkitARM-gdb-13.2-1-i686.pkg.tar.zst: Unrecognized archive format
error: failed to commit transaction (cannot open package file)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

It's clear that I'm unable to open these zst files, but I cannot find a solution to this problem. Does anyone have any ideas about this?

Thank you in advance for your support!

[WinterMute]

Apologies, I need to sort out the pacman version in the apt repo.

In the meantime update your databases then install the updated pacman by itself. Then everything should work properly.

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sudo dkp-pacman -Sy
sudo dkp-pacman -S pacman

[breadone]

Apologies, I need to sort out the pacman version in the apt repo.

In the meantime update your databases then install the updated pacman by itself. Then everything should work properly.

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sudo dkp-pacman -Sy
sudo dkp-pacman -S pacman

This didn't end up working for me, I've got the exact same error on an M1 mac.
It also tries to download the x64 packages for me though, that could also be an issue, however I've been using devkitARM for a while now with no issues, just haven't updated in ages.

EDIT:
just as i'm about to give up and go to sleep, i figure it out: my pacman version was too out of date to open the new zst files, and even self-update pacman, since that also came in a zst file.

what i had to do was manually install a newer pacman version manually, through here: https://github.com/devkitPro/pacman/releases/tag/v6.0.2
and it worked fine after that.

my project still won't compile though...

[oceanman]

what i had to do was manually install a newer pacman version manually, through here: https://github.com/devkitPro/pacman/releases/tag/v6.0.2
and it worked fine after that.

Hi, how exactly did you install the newer version manually, and did this resolve your first issue(s)? I noticed you said your project still didn't compile but I'm wondering if it was related to this. Apologies if this is a basic question, but it looks like I'm getting similar errors (Mac as well).

Any help appreciated,

Thanks!

[WinterMute]

what i had to do was manually install a newer pacman version manually, through here: https://github.com/devkitPro/pacman/releases/tag/v6.0.2
and it worked fine after that.

Hi, how exactly did you install the newer version manually, and did this resolve your first issue(s)?

Just grab the .pkg from that link & follow instructions to install it. It should work from there.

I don't currently have x86_64 mac charged to check unfortunately & it's late here. I'll check it works tomorrow & if not will fix it then.

update: checked & it works fine.