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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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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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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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How do I fix arcolinux_repo is unknown in pacman
I have a box with Arcloinux (D I think) and pacman has is not letting me update the system anymore, I get:
sudo pacman -Syu
[sudo] password for user:
error: arcolinux_repo: key "...
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How can I configure Pacman to warn user of an update for a certain package?
I would like to be warned against an update to a particular package on arch linux using pacman.
I use some custom information in the header files for gcc-libs. But every time gcc-libs gets updated, ...
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sudo pacman -Syu fails with "error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package)"
I am trying to update an Arch Linux installation:
sudo pacman -Syu
It goes on for a while and then starts to write error messages such as:
(691/691) checking keys in keyring ...
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I've installed Manjaro linux, a derivative of Arch linux, and run into software updates circular dependency problem, suggested workaround?
I've hit a wall with the software updates for Manjaro linux on the desktop. I would like to perform system updates, I go to the update app, or the updates app notifies me of my many outstanding ...
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Utility for inspecting pending updates in Arch
Is there a utility for Arch that provides some power-features for analyzing the list of pending updates?
Usually, anytime I do pacman -Syu I get a rather large list of packages with pending updates. ...
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Pacman saying no update, but pamac saying there are some?
Wanting to try out Arch Linux, I installed Manjaro, and so far find it pretty good.
However, I have a problem, I am used to Debian's apt update then apt upgrade, and the fact pacman combine both with ...
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