[Solved]eix can't create the database file

[donjames]

eix installs until it gets down to the last line and then:

Writing database file /var/cache/eix/portage.eix...

cannon open database file /var/cache/eix/portage.eix for writing (mode =  'wb')

How can I fix this?

Thanks,

donjames

Solution:

cd /var/cache

chown root:portage eix

emerge eix

###### end of solution #######

[s4uliu5]

Hi,

please check if directory `/var/cache/eix/` exists and it has there right permissions.

At my Funtoo box I have

box-fenix ~ # stat /var/cache/eix/

  File: /var/cache/eix/
  Size: 4096            Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   directory
Device: fe01h/65025d    Inode: 562362      Links: 2
Access: (0755/drwxr-xr-x)  Uid: (  250/ portage)   Gid: (  250/ portage)
Access: 2018-08-03 23:46:48.804008384 +0300
Modify: 2018-09-07 17:40:44.768927828 +0300
Change: 2018-09-07 17:40:45.736941231 +0300
 Birth: -

and

box-fenix ~ # stat /var/cache/eix/portage.eix 

  File: /var/cache/eix/portage.eix
  Size: 8152103         Blocks: 15928      IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: fe01h/65025d    Inode: 562982      Links: 1
Access: (0664/-rw-rw-r--)  Uid: (  250/ portage)   Gid: (  250/ portage)
Access: 2018-08-04 00:13:01.220015984 +0300
Modify: 2018-10-05 08:06:43.164145881 +0300
Change: 2018-10-05 08:06:43.164145881 +0300
 Birth: -

Also I'm running `eix-update` as "root".

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Saulius

[donjames]

The directory, /var/cache/eix, has the permissions:

drwxr-xr-x

I ran eix-update as root.

I changed the permissions to:

drwxrwxrwx 

and it worked.  Then I changed the permissions back to:

drwxr-xr-x

I hope I didn't break anything.

Please let me know if this is a proper solution.

Thanks,

donjames

Edited October 5, 2018 by donjames
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[eyesee]

I also ran into this issue. Have you also check correct ownership? It should be the user portage in group portage for /var/cache/eix and everything inside.

[donjames]

The owner is root:root for the eix directory.

root:portage for the edb directory.

I changed the owner in the eix directory to:

root:portage

and now eix-update runs without a hitch.

donjames

Edited October 5, 2018 by donjames
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