Fails to install on newest Main OS.

Issue is the title. during the install process, it throws an error. Seems it's specifically "error: failed to initialize alpm library"

:: (SteamOS Btrfs - Auto-update) Do you wish to always pull the latest version when updating or changing the SteamOS channel ? This will automatically fetch the latest script bundle from gitlab when SteamOS performs an update or switches the channel. (Highly recommended to leave enabled in case of needed future changes) \[Y/n\]: y 
:: Mount '/dev/disk/by-partsets/self/rootfs' on '/tmp/tmp.stGuvD1KKa' and make it writable 
:: \[$\] 'mount' '/dev/disk/by-partsets/self/rootfs' '/tmp/tmp.stGuvD1KKa' 
:: \[$\] 'btrfs' 'property' 'set' '/tmp/tmp.stGuvD1KKa' 'ro' 'false' 
:: Install the needed arch packages: f2fs-tools reiserfsprogs kdialog wmctrl patch exfatprogs compsize rmlint duperemove 
:: \[$\] 'cp' '-a' 'etc/pacman.conf' 'etc/pacman.conf.orig' 
:: \[$\] 'sed' '-i' 's/^SigLevel\\s\*=._$/SigLevel = Never/g' 'etc/pacman.conf' 
:: \[$\] 'pacman' '--root' '.' '--config' 'etc/pacman.conf' '--dbpath' 'usr/share/factory/var/lib/pacman' '--cachedir' '/tmp/tmp.GTWhtrw4BZ' '--gpgdir' 'etc/pacman.d/gnupg' '--logfile' '/dev/null' '--disable-download-timeout' '--cachedir' '/tmp/tmp.GTWhtrw4BZ' '-Sy' '--needed' '--overwrite=_' 'f2fs-tools' 'reiserfsprogs' 'kdialog' 'wmctrl' 'patch' 'exfatprogs' 'compsize' 'rmlint' 'duperemove' 

error: failed to initialize alpm library: (root: ., dbpath: usr/share/factory/var/lib/pacman) could not find or read directory 

:: \[$\] 'mv' '-vf' 'etc/pacman.conf.orig' 'etc/pacman.conf' renamed 'etc/pacman.conf.orig' -\> 'etc/pacman.conf'

:: Installation error occured, see above and restart process. 
:: Cleaning up... 
:: \[$\] 'rm' '-rf' '/tmp/tmp.GTWhtrw4BZ' 
:: \[$\] 'btrfs' 'property' 'set' '/tmp/tmp.stGuvD1KKa' 'ro' 'true' 
:: \[$\] 'umount' '-l' '/tmp/tmp.stGuvD1KKa' 
:: \[$\] 'rmdir' '/tmp/tmp.stGuvD1KKa' 
:: (SteamOS Btrfs - Installation error occured) An installation error occured, check the log at '/var/log/steamos-btrfs.log' and report any issues.```