Yes, the instalation was mounted on /mnt. The error was something about package not found. Anything you can suggest I do non-standard when I go back in on Thursday? Chroot, for instance? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Brannon" <cmbrannon79@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 8:36 PM Subject: Re: Talking Arch instalation: alsa-utils doesn't install >> but doing this threw an >> error, which I can't remember, but something about a non-existing >> alsa-utils >> package. > > Yes, that command looks fine to me. > The alsa-utils package is in the extra repository, and you shouldn't have > had any trouble installing it. > pacman should have pulled it from your chosen mirror with no complaint. > Your installation was mounted on /mnt, right? > > I should really automate that part of the process, because that command > is fairly complex. > > -- Chris > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >