Some main commands not found in MSYS2 after update-core

Question

Issue

Some main commands not found in MSYS2 after update-core.

Environment

• Windows 8.1 64bit
• msys2-x86_64-20150916

Detail

I introduced MSYS2 to my computer and performed update-core. However, after the update, when I type pacman or update-core, the terminal says bash: pacman: command not found. I rebooted MSYS2 and tried the same process but the result was the same. I re-installed MSYS2 and tried the same process but the result was the same. I'd like to get things right but don't know how.

Any suggestion would be appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

update-core is deprecated; its functionality is now handled by pacman; run pacman -Syuu.

Answer 2

Had the problem twice with two different Win10 VMs in a matter of days. For me, the manifestation was "diff: command not found". No obvious change in $PATH. C:\msys64\usr\bin no longer has diff in it.

Answer 3

For me running: pacman -S openssh solved it (found it here)