Questions tagged [pacman]
A Linux package manager, originally developed for the Arch Linux distribution.
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Installing nonfree packages on Parabola
I've got an install of parabola running on a virtual machine, and I'd like to install the virtualbox-guest-utils package.
Unfortunately it's in the Arch [extra] repo, and Parabola already has an [...
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How can I non-interactively replace iptables with iptables-nft on Arch Linux?
I'm trying to create a Dockerfile for an Arch Linux image with iptables-nft installed. If I run the archlinux Docker image interactively and then pacman -Syu iptables-nft, I get asked iptables-nft-1:1....
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What are the different SigLevel options in pacman.conf?
I just learned about the pacman.conf file on my Steam Deck (SteamOS) that I can find under the /etc/pacman.conf path.
I see that my default SigLevel value is Required DatabaseOptional like this:
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How can I install `neofetch` on SteamOS?
I want to run neofetch in my Konsole to see my system information on SteamOS, but neofetch isn't installed by default because I get the following:
bash: neofetch: command not found
So I searched ...
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I have to delete /var/lib/pacman/sync each boot to make pacman work
Every time I reboot, pacman gives me the same error:
Cannot prepare transaction, invalid or corrupted database.
Then I delete /var/lib/pacman/sync and it will work again until the next reboot.
How ...
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pacman creating new folders download-XXXXXX in /var/cache/pacman/pkg
Pacman version: pacman 7.0.0.r3.g7736133-1
My internet connection is poor. While doing pacman -Syu I noticed that pacman was not resuming the download. After investigation I found that each time I ...
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Manjaro fails to open GUI of software manager (pamac-manager)
Since at least yesterday, my Manjaro (kernel 6.1.112-1) fails to open the GUI of the software manager. It is however able to open it in other instances: when the little icon reminds me, that there are ...
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Pacstrap -K fails with unhelpful error message
I hope I haven't missed anything obvious and if you need more information I can supply it. I'm trying to manually install arch from a live usb to a secondary partition on my laptop. I'm using the most ...
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pacman update fails because of a ghost cache file
I ran paru -Syu, then sudo pacman -Syu several times with the same outcome.
I get this error:
Total Installed Size: 3034.55 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 49.01 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] ...
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Error installing packages with pacman: issues retrieving snapd database and mirror configuration
Whenever I try to download anything, for instance, yay -S visual-studio-code-bin, it returns the following error
warning: database file for 'snapd' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
error: failed ...
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How to find the name of the binary used to launch an application installed with pacman?
I just took frustratingly long to find out that the binary for the "gnome-console" package is called "kgx".
Hence, my question:
Assuming that I know the name of an installed ...
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In manjaro linux, how to get the math rendering extension to work with inkscape
I have downloaded inkscape through the software manager (GUI) in manjaro.
By default it doesn't seem to render math under the extensions drop down. So I have tried multiple solutions. I have installed ...
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Pacstrap can't install iptables, even thougn it's already installed
I am trying to install Arch Linux ARM on my Nintendo 3DS and I have a pacman.conf file that looks like this:
HoldPkg = pacman glibc
Architecture = armv6h
#SigLevel = Required DatabaseOptional
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How to prevent the re-creation of default mkinitcpio preset file upon kernel update?
Since I’m using custom mkinitcpio presets to generate UKIs, I deleted the default preset file inside /etc/mkinitcpio.d/ that came during system installation.
Unfortunately, when pacman updates the ...
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HoloISO/Archlinux Running pacman -Syu(u) results in the next boot becoming an endless black screen
I have been running both pacman -Syu and -Syuu with the following packages:
glibc make icu qt6-base linux-firmware pcaman-contrib
archlinux-contrib gcc-libs sh python wireplumber pipewire lha
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Pacman can't run. Can't find libicuuc.so.75
I was updating my system when I ran into an issue with the icu package breaking electron. I figured I would ignore updating this package for now and look into it later. After the update completed most ...
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How to modify a part of an output of pacinfo in bash?
Having an example output of pacinfo local/puddletag like this:
Name: puddletag
Base: puddletag
Repository: local
Version: 2.3.0-2
Description: An audio tag editor for ...
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HoloISO/Archlinux Syncing the icu package results in the next boot becoming an endless black screen
I've done -Suy syncs after syncing the icu package, which should prevent conflicts as far as I know. I've used system-update-pacman combined with the download only options to perform the upgrade after ...
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Archlinux - no package found when upgrade through yay
When trying to update system, I encounter a peculiar issue where yay identifies that a nodejs-lts-gallium would need to be upgraded, through direct? or indirect (most likely) depdency:
$ yay -Syu
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Uninstalled a package, but keep getting signature errors and cannot update system
I installed sublime-text, which I then uninstalled. To check:
> sudo pactree sublime-text
error: package 'sublime-text' not found
> sudo pactree -r sublime-text
error: package 'sublime-text' not ...
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pacman can't find package file added to custom repo database
I've added a package libxau-1.0.11-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst to my custom repository database custom.db.tar.gz using repo-add. The package file is located in the current directory, while the repo database ...
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Trouble installing Kazam
I am using Blackarch which is freshly installed. When I try to install Kazam I get this error:
failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
Any ideas on how to fix it?
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Attempting to update pacman fails due to dependencies. What am I Missing?
removing libpamac breaks dependency 'libpamac>=11.4' required by arcolinux-pamac-all
removing libpamac breaks dependency 'libpamac' required by libpamac-flatpak-plugin
removing libpamac breaks ...
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arch ; can't update libblockdev
Running a global update
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
:: Replace libblockdev-utils with extra/libblockdev? [Y/n] Y
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PostgreSQL Failing to Start Even after Reinstalling on Arch Linux
It's been some months since I've last used PostgreSQL on my Arch Linux desktop, and, apparently, after some updates, something must have broken. If I ask for the service's status, I get (systemctl ...
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How to fix pacman out of sync with glibc?
I seem to have made a dumb move with an Arch Linux installation on one of my desktop PCs: I upgraded pacman (using pacman -S pacman), but without upgrading anything else. Now pacman won't run, as it ...
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Installing specific version of software (ABS, pacman and Arch Linux)
Arch can be, among other things, a very good distro for new Linux users who are looking for an easy starting point to get a general picture of the the different and high level moving parts in and ...
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Arch update failed because of signature unknown trust
I was trying to update Arch and it failed and said:
error: onetbb: signature from "Torsten Keßler <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
I looked for several solutions that didn'...
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50-udev-default.rules: Unknown builtin command: net_driver, lost internet connection
I'm running an Arch-based distro, and after doing a substantial update lost my internet connection (both wifi and ethernet). I'm able to roll back all of the changes and get it back, but would ...
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Arch linux - Error during update of packages: jdk-openjdk and jre-openjdk are in conflict
When I try to update my system I get jdk-openjdk and jre-openjdk are in conflict error:
This is log of the update attempt:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to ...
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delete a package/app installed with pacman -U option
I have installed a docker desktop application on my Arch Linux xfce4 and I want to delete it because I want to only use docker-cli (because the docker desktop conflicts with docker-cli in services and ...
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How to use QtStateMachine on Arch?
I want to use QtStateMachine in one of my projects.
But I fail to find the right package to install it.
There is a package qt6-examples, which provides example code for the QtStateMachine module, but ...
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Problem Installing Wine with Invalid Package Signature?
I am trying to install wine with sudo pacman -S wine but I keep getting an error with a package that says it is corrupt or invalid possibly due to PGP signature.
:: Retrieving packages...
lib32-...
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How to properly remove all installed packages that match regex in Arch Linux?
I installed TeX Live 2023 using the script instead of the Arch Linux repository. However while installing other software some TeX Live packages made it into my desktop anyway, causing issues. So I ...
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How to install specific-package-version (when multiple version available from multiple repos) in Archlinux?
I'm trying to install nim-2.0 in my system.
When I try to install with pacman -S nim or yay -S nim It direclty installs the nim-1.6.... version.
How to install package when there is multiple versions ...
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Signature from "TNE <[email protected]>" is unknown trust - Invalid or Corrupted package
While running pacman -Syu
After "(8/8) checking package integrity"
I'm facing the following issue with these packages:
error: 7-zip: signature from "TNE <[email protected]>"...
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Arch Linux can't detect drives after update without reboot
After I do updates with pacman -Syu, I always have this annoying problem that I can't connect any new USB devices (External hard drive, USB to serial etc.) to my computer until I reboot.
The problem ...
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"Unable to lock database - Failed to synchronize databases"
I was trying to update the recommended stuff in my manjaro machine but this error occurred.
I have no idea how to solve it.
I was getting the error
Invalid or corrupted databases
so I updated the ...
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Searching pacman for maintainer of package
I'm using Arch Linux on a Rasberry Pi.
I've noticed I'm using several pacman packages that are unique to the platform and someone had gone through the trouble of repackaging popular software so it ...
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how fix broken libssl.so.1.1 in arch after update package?
I did a dumb update and seems that I broke some packages in my arch (manjaro) distro, now paru, pacman and even a git install fails with this message:
sudo: error while loading shared libraries: ...
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kernel is different when listed by uname versus pacman
If I run uname -r on my system it returns 6.1.19-1-lts, but if I give the command pacman -Q linux, then it returns "linux 6.2.5.arch1-1".
So what exactly does this mean? My kernel is ...
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PiKVM update: /usr/lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4356-sdio.AP6356S.txt exists in filesystem
When I try to run pacman -Syu on my PiKVM, I'm getting
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
linux-firmware-pikvm: /usr/lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4356-sdio.AP6356S.txt exists in ...
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find package with multiple names pacman
Some packages like gcc-libs are apparently other packages, under a different name. turns out gcc-libs is just gcc: PKGBUILD
if I want to install that package, I know I can run pacman -S gcc-libs, but ...
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Pacserve is installed but it won't share files. What is wrong?
I have three laptops all on the same 192.168.1.x local network
All have the most recent version of Arch installed and all have the most upto date packages installed.
All three have the pacserv package ...
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How to install multiple packages into a namespace like group in Pacman?
What I mean is to install similar packages into a namespace, which I can uninstall with a single command.
Lets say I want to Install some packages which are used for a certain thing, which doesn't ...
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arch pacman insists on wrong kernel version
Output from uname -a
Linux janus 5.15.85-1-lts #1 SMP Thu, 22 Dec 2022 06:22:00 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
When I build zfs-liunx I get:
checking kernel source and build directories... done
checking ...
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arch linux update warnings missing firmwares
I am using the latest Arch Linux as my main machine.
I update it daily using sudo pacman -Syu and it gives these warnings:
It doesn't break, or anything, but can someone explain those warnings and ...
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How to manually download and install libcrypto.so.1.1 and libssl.so.1.1 with pacman being broken
The answer to this question put me on the right path but I still have no idea how to manually download these two packages to follow the answer's mentioned steps.
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Install all dependencies of a package with pacman
I want to install pandoc package using pacman:
$ sudo pacman -Sy pandoc
but it installs only pandoc without any dependency, so I got many times an error like this:
pandoc: error while loading shared ...
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What different between pacman -Sy and pacman -Fy?
Using pacman I can update package databases using the following command pacman -Sy or pacman -Fy what is the difference between this keys of pacman and what is better to use?
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