Talking Arch instalation: alsa-utils doesn't install

[Alonzo]

when installing archlinux via the talking i nstaller... I do
pacman --root=/mnt -Sy alsa-utils speakup espeakup etc...
That always worked for me.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Brannon" <cmbrannon79 at gmail.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: Talking Arch instalation: alsa-utils doesn't install


>> 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?
>
> You could try chrooting into /mnt.  If you do that, you can exclude
> the --cachedir and --root options.
>
> If you can use a cellphone, you might be able to call me during the 
> process,
> for assistance. I'm leary of giving the number out over the list,
> but it's available to anyone who asks me for it via private mail.
> I'm not sure how useful this would be, either.
> Thanks to my VOIP provider, calls to anywhere in the US and Canada are
> unmetered.  Outbound calls are good.
>
> Anyway, it should have worked...  It has for several others in the last
> few weeks, so something isn't right.
>
> -- Chris
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