:: Synchronising package databases…
error: failed to update mingw32 (unable to lock database)
error: failed to update mingw64 (unable to lock database)
error: failed to update msys (unable to lock database)
error: failed to synchronise any databases
error: failed to init transaction (unable to lock database)
error: could not lock database: Permission denied
$ rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
rm: cannot remove ‘/var/lib/pacman/db.lck’: No such file or directory
$ pacman -Sy pacman
:: Synchronising package databases…
error: failed to update mingw32 (unable to lock database)
error: failed to update mingw64 (unable to lock database)
error: failed to update msys (unable to lock database)
error: failed to synchronise any databases
error: failed to init transaction (unable to lock database)
error: could not lock database: Permission denied
$ rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
rm: cannot remove ‘/var/lib/pacman/db.lck’: No such file or directory
Which system are you running on? The tip was actually ment to be for msys2.
Thank you – helped me out a ton!
you need to run msys as administrator in windows 7 to execute ok