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Missing xf86-video-vmware in Repository #3584

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Which ISO version are you using?

2025-06-01

The installation log

[2025-06-11 09:28:54] - DEBUG - Hardware model detected: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009); UEFI mode: False
[2025-06-11 09:28:54] - DEBUG - Processor model detected: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core Processor
[2025-06-11 09:28:54] - DEBUG - Memory statistics: 3544836 available out of 4003920 total installed
[2025-06-11 09:28:54] - DEBUG - Virtualization detected: kvm; is VM: True
[2025-06-11 09:28:54] - DEBUG - Graphics devices detected: dict_keys(['Device 1234:1111 (rev 02)'])
[2025-06-11 09:28:54] - DEBUG - Disk states before installing:
{
    "blockdevices": [
        {
            "name": "loop0",
            "path": "/dev/loop0",
            "pkname": null,
            "log_sec": 512,
            "size": "853 MiB",
            "pttype": null,
            "ptuuid": null,
            "rota": false,
            "tran": null,
            "partn": null,
            "partuuid": null,
            "parttype": null,
            "uuid": null,
            "fstype": "squashfs",
            "fsver": "4.0",
            "fsavail": 0,
            "fsuse_percentage": "100%",
            "type": "loop",
            "mountpoint": "/run/archiso/airootfs",
            "mountpoints": [
                "/run/archiso/airootfs"
            ],
            "fsroots": [
                "/"
            ],
            "children": []
        },
        {
            "name": "sda",
            "path": "/dev/sda",
            "pkname": null,
            "log_sec": 512,
            "size": "20480 MiB",
            "pttype": null,
            "ptuuid": null,
            "rota": true,
            "tran": "sata",
            "partn": null,
            "partuuid": null,
            "parttype": null,
            "uuid": null,
            "fstype": null,
            "fsver": null,
            "fsavail": null,
            "fsuse_percentage": null,
            "type": "disk",
            "mountpoint": null,
            "mountpoints": [],
            "fsroots": [],
            "children": []
        },
        {
            "name": "sr0",
            "path": "/dev/sr0",
            "pkname": null,
            "log_sec": 2048,
            "size": "1198 MiB",
            "pttype": "dos",
            "ptuuid": "658fe5ae",
            "rota": false,
            "tran": "sata",
            "partn": null,
            "partuuid": null,
            "parttype": null,
            "uuid": "2025-06-01-09-10-39-00",
            "fstype": "iso9660",
            "fsver": "Joliet Extension",
            "fsavail": 0,
            "fsuse_percentage": "100%",
            "type": "rom",
            "mountpoint": "/run/archiso/bootmnt",
            "mountpoints": [
                "/run/archiso/bootmnt"
            ],
            "fsroots": [
                "/"
            ],
            "children": []
        }
    ]
}
[2025-06-11 09:28:54] - INFO - Fetching Arch Linux package database...
[2025-06-11 09:28:55] - INFO - Checking version...
[2025-06-11 09:28:55] - INFO - New version available: �[?25larchinstall 3.0.7-1 -> 3.0.7-3
�[?25h
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/__init__.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/custom.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktop.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/minimal.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/server.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/tailored.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/xorg.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/applications/__init__.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/applications/pipewire.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/__init__.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/awesome.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/bspwm.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/budgie.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/cinnamon.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/cosmic.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/cutefish.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/deepin.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/enlightenment.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/gnome.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/hyprland.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/i3.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/labwc.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/lxqt.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/mate.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/niri.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/plasma.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/qtile.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/river.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/sway.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/xfce4.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/desktops/xmonad.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/servers/__init__.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/servers/cockpit.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/servers/docker.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/servers/httpd.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/servers/lighttpd.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/servers/mariadb.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/servers/nginx.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/servers/postgresql.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/servers/sshd.py
[2025-06-11 09:29:05] - DEBUG - Importing profile: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/default_profiles/servers/tomcat.py
[2025-06-11 09:30:07] - DEBUG - Creating yescrypt hash with rounds 5
[2025-06-11 09:30:11] - DEBUG -  -- Chosen configuration --
[2025-06-11 09:30:11] - DEBUG - {
    "archinstall-language": "English",
    "audio_config": null,
    "bootloader": "Grub",
    "custom_commands": [],
    "disk_config": {
        "btrfs_options": {
            "snapshot_config": null
        },
        "config_type": "default_layout",
        "device_modifications": [
            {
                "device": "/dev/sda",
                "partitions": [
                    {
                        "btrfs": [],
                        "dev_path": null,
                        "flags": [
                            "boot"
                        ],
                        "fs_type": "fat32",
                        "mount_options": [],
                        "mountpoint": "/boot",
                        "obj_id": "66e1e31d-531f-4586-977b-ef39c3b1ac39",
                        "size": {
                            "sector_size": {
                                "unit": "B",
                                "value": 512
                            },
                            "unit": "GiB",
                            "value": 1
                        },
                        "start": {
                            "sector_size": {
                                "unit": "B",
                                "value": 512
                            },
                            "unit": "MiB",
                            "value": 1
                        },
                        "status": "create",
                        "type": "primary"
                    },
                    {
                        "btrfs": [
                            {
                                "mountpoint": "/",
                                "name": "@"
                            },
                            {
                                "mountpoint": "/home",
                                "name": "@home"
                            },
                            {
                                "mountpoint": "/var/log",
                                "name": "@log"
                            },
                            {
                                "mountpoint": "/var/cache/pacman/pkg",
                                "name": "@pkg"
                            }
                        ],
                        "dev_path": null,
                        "flags": [],
                        "fs_type": "btrfs",
                        "mount_options": [
                            "compress=zstd"
                        ],
                        "mountpoint": null,
                        "obj_id": "2442ebaa-3403-4b66-ae79-b8990ef7c0c4",
                        "size": {
                            "sector_size": {
                                "unit": "B",
                                "value": 512
                            },
                            "unit": "B",
                            "value": 20400046080
                        },
                        "start": {
                            "sector_size": {
                                "unit": "B",
                                "value": 512
                            },
                            "unit": "B",
                            "value": 1074790400
                        },
                        "status": "create",
                        "type": "primary"
                    }
                ],
                "wipe": true
            }
        ]
    },
    "hostname": "archlinux",
    "kernels": [
        "linux"
    ],
    "locale_config": {
        "kb_layout": "us",
        "sys_enc": "UTF-8",
        "sys_lang": "en_US.UTF-8"
    },
    "ntp": true,
    "packages": [],
    "parallel_downloads": 0,
    "profile_config": {
        "gfx_driver": "VMware / VirtualBox (open-source)",
        "greeter": "sddm",
        "profile": {
            "custom_settings": {
                "KDE Plasma": {}
            },
            "details": [
                "KDE Plasma"
            ],
            "main": "Desktop"
        }
    },
    "services": [],
    "swap": true,
    "timezone": "UTC",
    "version": null
}
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - Unmounting all existing partitions: /dev/sda
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - INFO - Wiping partitions and metadata: /dev/sda
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - INFO - Creating partitions: /dev/sda
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - 	Type: primary
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - 	Filesystem: fat32
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - 	Geometry: 2048 start sector, 2097152 length
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - 	Type: primary
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - 	Filesystem: btrfs
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - 	Geometry: 2099200 start sector, 39843840 length
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - Formatting filesystem: mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sda1
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - partition information found: {"name":"sda1","path":"/dev/sda1","pkname":"sda","log_sec":512,"size":"1024 MiB","pttype":"dos","ptuuid":"ffbe4964","rota":true,"tran":null,"partn":1,"partuuid":"ffbe4964-01","parttype":"0xb","uuid":"CB17-E250","fstype":"vfat","fsver":"FAT32","fsavail":null,"fsuse_percentage":null,"type":"part","mountpoint":null,"mountpoints":[],"fsroots":[],"children":[]}
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - Formatting filesystem: mkfs.btrfs -f /dev/sda2
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - partition information found: {"name":"sda2","path":"/dev/sda2","pkname":"sda","log_sec":512,"size":"19455 MiB","pttype":"dos","ptuuid":"ffbe4964","rota":true,"tran":null,"partn":2,"partuuid":"ffbe4964-02","parttype":"0x83","uuid":"23d5f07b-9882-435f-b676-b60232e14785","fstype":"btrfs","fsver":null,"fsavail":null,"fsuse_percentage":null,"type":"part","mountpoint":null,"mountpoints":[],"fsroots":[],"children":[]}
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - INFO - Creating subvolumes: /dev/sda2
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - Mounting /dev/sda2: mount -o compress=zstd /dev/sda2 /mnt/arch_btrfs
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - Creating subvolume: @
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - Creating subvolume: @home
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - Creating subvolume: @log
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - Creating subvolume: @pkg
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - Partition /dev/sda2 is currently mounted at: ['/mnt/arch_btrfs']
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - Unmounting mountpoint: /mnt/arch_btrfs
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - INFO - Starting installation...
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - Mounting ordered layout
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - No lvm config defined to be mounted
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - Mounting partition layout
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - Mounting /dev/sda2: mount -o compress=zstd,subvol=@ /dev/sda2 /mnt
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - Mounting /dev/sda2: mount -o compress=zstd,subvol=@home /dev/sda2 /mnt/home
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - Mounting /dev/sda2: mount -o compress=zstd,subvol=@pkg /dev/sda2 /mnt/var/cache/pacman/pkg
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - Mounting /dev/sda2: mount -o compress=zstd,subvol=@log /dev/sda2 /mnt/var/log
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - Mounting /dev/sda1: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - INFO - Waiting for time sync (timedatectl show) to complete.
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - INFO - Waiting for automatic mirror selection (reflector) to complete.
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - INFO - Waiting for Arch Linux keyring sync (archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync) to complete.
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - Archinstall will not install any ucode.
[2025-06-11 09:30:25] - DEBUG - Optional repositories: []
[2025-06-11 09:30:26] - INFO - Installing packages: ['base', 'base-devel', 'linux-firmware', 'linux', 'btrfs-progs']
[2025-06-11 09:31:20] - INFO - Setting keyboard language to us
[2025-06-11 09:31:23] - INFO - Keyboard language for this installation is now set to: us
[2025-06-11 09:31:31] - INFO - Setting up swap on zram
[2025-06-11 09:31:31] - INFO - Installing packages: ['zram-generator']
[2025-06-11 09:31:31] - INFO - Enabling service systemd-zram-setup@zram0.service
[2025-06-11 09:31:31] - INFO - Adding bootloader Grub to /dev/sda1
[2025-06-11 09:31:31] - DEBUG - Installing grub bootloader
[2025-06-11 09:31:31] - INFO - Installing packages: ['grub']
[2025-06-11 09:31:32] - DEBUG - kernel parameters: zswap.enabled=0 rootfstype=btrfs
[2025-06-11 09:31:32] - INFO - GRUB boot partition: /dev/sda1
[2025-06-11 09:31:32] - INFO - GRUB boot partition: /dev/sda1
[2025-06-11 09:31:33] - INFO - No audio server will be installed
[2025-06-11 09:31:33] - INFO - Installing packages: ['nano', 'vim', 'openssh', 'htop', 'wget', 'iwd', 'wireless_tools', 'wpa_supplicant', 'smartmontools', 'xdg-utils']
[2025-06-11 09:31:36] - INFO - Installing profile KDE Plasma...
[2025-06-11 09:31:36] - INFO - Installing packages: ['plasma-meta', 'konsole', 'kate', 'dolphin', 'ark', 'plasma-workspace']
[2025-06-11 09:32:34] - DEBUG - Installing GFX driver: VMware / VirtualBox (open-source)
[2025-06-11 09:32:34] - INFO - Installing packages: ['xorg-server', 'xorg-xinit', 'mesa', 'xf86-video-vmware']
[2025-06-11 09:32:35] - ERROR - Could not strap in packages: ['/usr/bin/pacstrap', '-C', '/etc/pacman.conf', '-K', '/mnt', 'xorg-server', 'xorg-xinit', 'mesa', 'xf86-video-vmware', '--noconfirm'] exited with abnormal exit code [1]: ==> Creating install root at /mnt
==> Installing packages to /mnt
�[?25l:: Synchronizing package databases...
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�[2F core is up to date�[K�[1E extra is up to date�[K�[1Ewarning: xorg-server-21.1.16-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: mesa-1:25.1.3-3 is up to date -- reinstalling
error: target not found: xf86-video-vmware
�[?25h==> ERROR: Failed to install packages to new root

[2025-06-11 09:34:51] - ERROR - Pacstrap failed. See /var/log/archinstall/install.log or above message for error details: ['/usr/bin/pacstrap', '-C', '/etc/pacman.conf', '-K', '/mnt', 'xorg-server', 'xorg-xinit', 'mesa', 'xf86-video-vmware', '--noconfirm'] exited with abnormal exit code [1]: ==> Creating install root at /mnt
==> Installing packages to /mnt
�[?25l:: Synchronizing package databases...
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�[2F core is up to date�[K�[1E extra is up to date�[K�[1Ewarning: xorg-server-21.1.16-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: mesa-1:25.1.3-3 is up to date -- reinstalling
error: target not found: xf86-video-vmware
�[?25h==> ERROR: Failed to install packages to new root

[2025-06-11 09:34:51] - ERROR - Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/pacman/__init__.py", line 45, in ask
    func(*args, **kwargs)
    ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/general.py", line 336, in __init__
    self.create_session()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/general.py", line 376, in create_session
    with SysCommandWorker(
         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
    	self.cmd,
     ^^^^^^^^^
    ...<3 lines>...
    	working_directory=self.working_directory,
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    ) as session:
    ^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/general.py", line 194, in __exit__
    raise SysCallError(
    ...<3 lines>...
    )
archinstall.lib.exceptions.SysCallError: ['/usr/bin/pacstrap', '-C', '/etc/pacman.conf', '-K', '/mnt', 'xorg-server', 'xorg-xinit', 'mesa', 'xf86-video-vmware', '--noconfirm'] exited with abnormal exit code [1]: ==> Creating install root at /mnt
==> Installing packages to /mnt
�[?25l:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core
 extra
�[2F core is up to date�[K�[1E extra is up to date�[K�[1Ewarning: xorg-server-21.1.16-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: mesa-1:25.1.3-3 is up to date -- reinstalling
error: target not found: xf86-video-vmware
�[?25h==> ERROR: Failed to install packages to new root


During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/__init__.py", line 103, in run_as_a_module
    rc = main()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/__init__.py", line 93, in main
    importlib.import_module(mod_name)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/importlib/__init__.py", line 88, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 935, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 1026, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/scripts/guided.py", line 197, in <module>
    guided()
    ~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/scripts/guided.py", line 194, in guided
    perform_installation(arch_config_handler.args.mountpoint)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/scripts/guided.py", line 59, in perform_installation
    with Installer(
         ~~~~~~~~~^
    	mountpoint,
     ^^^^^^^^^^^
    	disk_config,
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^
    	kernels=config.kernels,
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    ) as installation:
    ^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/installer.py", line 140, in __exit__
    raise exc_val
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/scripts/guided.py", line 119, in perform_installation
    profile_handler.install_profile_config(installation, profile_config)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/profile/profiles_handler.py", line 252, in install_profile_config
    self.install_gfx_driver(install_session, profile_config.gfx_driver)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/profile/profiles_handler.py", line 241, in install_gfx_driver
    install_session.add_additional_packages(pkg_names)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/installer.py", line 1607, in add_additional_packages
    return self.pacman.strap(packages)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/pacman/__init__.py", line 77, in strap
    self.ask(
    ~~~~~~~~^
    	'Could not strap in packages',
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    ...<3 lines>...
    	peek_output=True,
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    )
    ^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/pacman/__init__.py", line 51, in ask
    raise RequirementError(f'{bail_message}: {err}')
archinstall.lib.exceptions.RequirementError: Pacstrap failed. See /var/log/archinstall/install.log or above message for error details: ['/usr/bin/pacstrap', '-C', '/etc/pacman.conf', '-K', '/mnt', 'xorg-server', 'xorg-xinit', 'mesa', 'xf86-video-vmware', '--noconfirm'] exited with abnormal exit code [1]: ==> Creating install root at /mnt
==> Installing packages to /mnt
�[?25l:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core
 extra
�[2F core is up to date�[K�[1E extra is up to date�[K�[1Ewarning: xorg-server-21.1.16-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: mesa-1:25.1.3-3 is up to date -- reinstalling
error: target not found: xf86-video-vmware
�[?25h==> ERROR: Failed to install packages to new root


[2025-06-11 09:34:51] - WARNING - Archinstall experienced the above error. If you think this is a bug, please report it to
https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall and include the log file "/var/log/archinstall/install.log".

Hint: To extract the log from a live ISO 
curl -F'file=@/var/log/archinstall/install.log' https://0x0.st

describe the problem

Description of the issue

Installing of video drivers (All open source or Virtualbox/Vmware) fails because xf86-video-vmware is missing in the repositories

xf86-video-vmware 13.4.0-4 is no longer available

xf86-video-vmware 13.4.0-4 has been removed from the [extra] repository.

Virtual machine config:

<domain type="kvm" id="5">
  <name>archlinux</name>
  <uuid>5d75f236-41a0-4936-b19b-d6813b57863e</uuid>
  <metadata>
    <libosinfo:libosinfo xmlns:libosinfo="http://libosinfo.org/xmlns/libvirt/domain/1.0">
      <libosinfo:os id="http://archlinux.org/archlinux/rolling"/>
    </libosinfo:libosinfo>
  </metadata>
  <memory unit="KiB">4194304</memory>
  <currentMemory unit="KiB">4194304</currentMemory>
  <vcpu placement="static">4</vcpu>
  <resource>
    <partition>/machine</partition>
  </resource>
  <os>
    <type arch="x86_64" machine="pc-q35-10.0">hvm</type>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/>
    <apic/>
    <vmport state="off"/>
  </features>
  <cpu mode="host-passthrough" check="none" migratable="on"/>
  <clock offset="utc">
    <timer name="rtc" tickpolicy="catchup"/>
    <timer name="pit" tickpolicy="delay"/>
    <timer name="hpet" present="no"/>
  </clock>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
  <pm>
    <suspend-to-mem enabled="no"/>
    <suspend-to-disk enabled="no"/>
  </pm>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
    <disk type="file" device="cdrom">
      <driver name="qemu" type="raw"/>
      <source file="/home/belst/Downloads/archlinux-2025.06.01-x86_64.iso" index="2"/>
      <backingStore/>
      <target dev="sda" bus="sata"/>
      <readonly/>
      <boot order="1"/>
      <alias name="sata0-0-0"/>
      <address type="drive" controller="0" bus="0" target="0" unit="0"/>
    </disk>
    <disk type="file" device="disk">
      <driver name="qemu" type="qcow2" discard="unmap"/>
      <source file="/var/lib/libvirt/images/archlinux-1.qcow2" index="1"/>
      <backingStore/>
      <target dev="sdb" bus="sata"/>
      <boot order="2"/>
      <alias name="sata0-0-1"/>
      <address type="drive" controller="0" bus="0" target="0" unit="1"/>
    </disk>
    <controller type="usb" index="0" model="qemu-xhci" ports="15">
      <alias name="usb"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x02" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="0" model="pcie-root">
      <alias name="pcie.0"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="1" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="1" port="0x10"/>
      <alias name="pci.1"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x0" multifunction="on"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="2" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="2" port="0x11"/>
      <alias name="pci.2"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x1"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="3" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="3" port="0x12"/>
      <alias name="pci.3"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x2"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="4" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="4" port="0x13"/>
      <alias name="pci.4"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x3"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="5" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="5" port="0x14"/>
      <alias name="pci.5"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x4"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="6" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="6" port="0x15"/>
      <alias name="pci.6"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x5"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="7" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="7" port="0x16"/>
      <alias name="pci.7"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x6"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="8" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="8" port="0x17"/>
      <alias name="pci.8"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x7"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="9" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="9" port="0x18"/>
      <alias name="pci.9"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x03" function="0x0" multifunction="on"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="10" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="10" port="0x19"/>
      <alias name="pci.10"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x03" function="0x1"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="11" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="11" port="0x1a"/>
      <alias name="pci.11"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x03" function="0x2"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="12" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="12" port="0x1b"/>
      <alias name="pci.12"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x03" function="0x3"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="13" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="13" port="0x1c"/>
      <alias name="pci.13"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x03" function="0x4"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="14" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="14" port="0x1d"/>
      <alias name="pci.14"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x03" function="0x5"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="sata" index="0">
      <alias name="ide"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x1f" function="0x2"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="virtio-serial" index="0">
      <alias name="virtio-serial0"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x03" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="scsi" index="0" model="virtio-scsi">
      <alias name="scsi0"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x04" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
    </controller>
    <interface type="network">
      <mac address="52:54:00:07:d6:84"/>
      <source network="default" portid="d70ce5fa-6878-4787-8cbe-6057aa91c69f" bridge="virbr0"/>
      <target dev="vnet3"/>
      <model type="virtio"/>
      <alias name="net0"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x01" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
    </interface>
    <serial type="pty">
      <source path="/dev/pts/4"/>
      <target type="isa-serial" port="0">
        <model name="isa-serial"/>
      </target>
      <alias name="serial0"/>
    </serial>
    <console type="pty" tty="/dev/pts/4">
      <source path="/dev/pts/4"/>
      <target type="serial" port="0"/>
      <alias name="serial0"/>
    </console>
    <channel type="unix">
      <source mode="bind" path="/run/libvirt/qemu/channel/5-archlinux/org.qemu.guest_agent.0"/>
      <target type="virtio" name="org.qemu.guest_agent.0" state="connected"/>
      <alias name="channel0"/>
      <address type="virtio-serial" controller="0" bus="0" port="1"/>
    </channel>
    <channel type="spicevmc">
      <target type="virtio" name="com.redhat.spice.0" state="disconnected"/>
      <alias name="channel1"/>
      <address type="virtio-serial" controller="0" bus="0" port="2"/>
    </channel>
    <input type="tablet" bus="usb">
      <alias name="input0"/>
      <address type="usb" bus="0" port="1"/>
    </input>
    <input type="mouse" bus="ps2">
      <alias name="input1"/>
    </input>
    <input type="keyboard" bus="ps2">
      <alias name="input2"/>
    </input>
    <graphics type="spice" port="5900" autoport="yes" listen="127.0.0.1">
      <listen type="address" address="127.0.0.1"/>
      <image compression="off"/>
    </graphics>
    <sound model="ich9">
      <alias name="sound0"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x1b" function="0x0"/>
    </sound>
    <audio id="1" type="spice"/>
    <video>
      <model type="vga" vram="16384" heads="1" primary="yes"/>
      <alias name="video0"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x01" function="0x0"/>
    </video>
    <redirdev bus="usb" type="spicevmc">
      <alias name="redir0"/>
      <address type="usb" bus="0" port="2"/>
    </redirdev>
    <redirdev bus="usb" type="spicevmc">
      <alias name="redir1"/>
      <address type="usb" bus="0" port="3"/>
    </redirdev>
    <watchdog model="itco" action="reset">
      <alias name="watchdog0"/>
    </watchdog>
    <memballoon model="virtio">
      <alias name="balloon0"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x05" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
    </memballoon>
    <rng model="virtio">
      <backend model="random">/dev/urandom</backend>
      <alias name="rng0"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x06" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
    </rng>
  </devices>
  <seclabel type="dynamic" model="dac" relabel="yes">
    <label>+964:+964</label>
    <imagelabel>+964:+964</imagelabel>
  </seclabel>
</domain>

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