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A Linux package manager, originally developed for the Arch Linux distribution.

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Trouble with Pacman and Mirrorlist in Arch Linux ARM on Zipit Z2

I am the proud owner of a Zipit Z2, and I recently swapped out Z2Ubuntu for Arch Linux ARM. Everything looks good, except I cannot use Pacman. Here's my /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist # Arch Linux ARM ...
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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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ShellOS pacman cannot find database file (Arch derivative)

Currently running theShell OS 7.0 (Arch variant) on a VM. I went to update the software (as this version is several years out of date) and pacman just spat this out: ~ $ Welcome, user. Enter command: ...
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pacman -S network-manager network-manager-applet reports an invalid or corrupted package

I'm installing archlinux32 on a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo old laptop. When trying to install network-manager I get the following error: Blockquote error: libdatrie: signature from "TasosSah (Arch32 ...
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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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Nodejs-lts-fermium and nodejs-lts-gallium are in conflict when I try to install VS Code. Do I really need to choose one package?

I recently installed Stremio and it has nodejs-lts-gallium as a dependency.  I also want to install Visual Studio Code, which requires nodejs-lts-fermium as a dependency.  This conflicts with the ...
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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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How to test pacman hooks?

I'm trying to figure out pacman post-upgrage hooks. I am new to this. This is my initial version: # /etc/pacman.d/hooks/nvidia-utils.hook [Trigger] Operation = Install Operation = ...
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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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Cannot install wine/wine-arm on aarch64 Manjaro, running Pantheon DE

Upon using pacman to install wine or wine-arm, i am met with the package not found message. When AUR support is enabled in add/remove software, the file is stuck on the 'building wine-arm' screen, ...
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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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Validate all pacman packages before running an install script

I am writing a script for my use to install Arch Linux. Suppose I have: PKGS=( 'firefox' 'libreoffice' 'vlc' '***' ) I would like the script to validate my packages. I am thinking of something around:...
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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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Can I safely remove this blackarch file?

I have added blackarch repository to my Arch Linux installation. But after some time I deleted that repository with the help of this question. But then I find out that there is still some blackarch ...
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repo-add doesn't modify database file

I want to create/modify local repository for pacman (MSYS MINGW64). I downloaded nessesary packages with command: $ pacman -Syw --cachedir . --dbpath database mingw-w64-x86_64-llvm After that, I ...
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List package using old version of python

During an upgrade of my archlinux system. I saw that python 2.7 is still installed. I think that it's time to delete it and move on from this version of python. That's why I'm looking for a way to ...
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Issues with Pacman - keeps failing in the past few months

I am having issues updating my Artix (Arch based) Linux. I use these commands to get the latest mirror list and launch pacman: % sudo pacman -U ./artix-mirrorlist-20221209-1-any.pkg.tar.zst % sudo mv /...
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Arch Linux Equivalent to `apt-file search` [duplicate]

If I am looking for the package that contains a specific header file on Debian, I can run apt-file search filename to find the package. Here's an example: $ apt-file search X11/Xlib.h critcl: /usr/...
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fatal: unable to exec /etc/s6/current/scripts/rc.init: no such file or directory

During the update, my computer turned off. After the reboot, I tried to restore the download of pacman packages (pacman successfully updated everything). I reboot my computer but it couldn't boot. I ...
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Pip stopped working on Arch Linux

when trying to use Pip on my Arch system I get the following error. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/pip", line 5, in <module> from pip._internal.cli.main import ...
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How to delete indirectly self-dependent package

I want to remove the package for the /usr/bin/jupyter binary. Consequently: $ pacman -Qo /usr/bin/jupyter /usr/bin/jupyter is owned by python-jupyter_core 4.11.0-1 $ pacman -R python-jupyter_core ...
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Unknown trust issue in Manjaro

I have an issue similar to this issue: Cannot update Manjaro Linux: Unknown trust with Archlinux-keyring However, my problem is that I get unknown trust even with sudo pacman -S manjaro-keyring I've ...
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How to fix conflicting packages in blackarch

According to BlackArch offical website this is out you update the system pacman -Syu --needed --overwrite='*' blackarch but when I run this command on a newly created vm I get the following error ...
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Cannot sync pkgs and refresh pkg databases with 'pacman' under Archlinux

On every Pacman command I get the following error error: failed to synchronize all database (invalid URL for server) How do I change the URL for the server? I was following this guide. https://youtu....
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Add Archlinux Mirrorlist in Manjaro

Manjaro does not install the latest packages from aur or arch repos. But i want to install the latest available packages in arch repos and aur in manjaro. I then looked into the file \etc\pacman.d\...
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How to remove a package and all unneeded dependencies

I want to remove kdenlive from my Arch Linux. I also want to remove all packages that are needed only by kdenlive. I tried doing sudo pacman -Rnsu kdenlive Here's what I see when I run the command: ...
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pacman warning: running XferCommand: fork failed!

In the past few weeks, I have not been able to update my Linux system (Artix/Arch). This is what happens: ~ sudo pacman -Syu :: Synchronizing package databases... warning: running XferCommand: ...
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Is it possible to use the magnet uri scheme in PKGBUILDs?

Is it possible to use resources exchanged with the BitTorrent protocol in pacman's PKGBUILDs?
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Pamac only updates binary packages but not packages from git repositories

wanted to share the following problem + solution since it took me a longer time to figure this out and hope it can save you some time stumbling upon this post: I am using Manjaro and install the ...
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I did a dumb and deleted /usr/lib32

Today I was having trouble with steam. It wanted some libraries that I didn't have, so I tried to install the steam-native-runtime on my system (I run Artix, basically Arch) and it was yelling about ...
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Errors are encountered when trying to reinstall Samba

I have uninstalled Samba file server after I installed it. Now I want to install it again. sudo pacman -S samba resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... Packages (9) boost-libs-1....
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How to set an uninstalled package as installed in pacman?

I want to set two packages that I (stupidly) installed without using pacman as installed, so I don't have to bother uninstalling them and reinstalling through pacman.
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GOPATH not installed when using AUR

I am trying to install supabase-git, but it's happened on many other packages. During the build stage, I get this: ==> Starting build()... missing $GOPATH ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build()...
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How to use stdin to give data to rankmirrors command

Probably a rooky question, but I have seen that the "rankmirrors" command can use the stdin input. But when I run the following command (which retrieve all URL in use in the "...
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Uninstalled package causing conflict on system upgrade with pacman

I'm on Arch Linux. I once attempted to install aur/teams-for-linux with yay which installed nodejs-lts-gallium as a dependency. Since some things didn't work out and I found that teams could be used ...
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In Arch Linux: Which is the equivalent to "apt rdepends" with pacman?

I am trying to look for a packages that they depends of a knowed package. But I don't know the equivalent to apt rdepends <package_name>.
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How to deal with missing libcrypt.so.1 on Arch Linux?

How do you deal with a missing libcrypt.so.1 on Arch Linux? Trying to run openoffice4 (the LibreOffice binary) results in: /opt/openoffice4/program/javaldx: error while loading shared libraries: ...
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What is "package manager cache" (pacman, apt)?

I have several questions about Linux package managers: What exactly is "package manager cache"? Should I keep it or is it safe to clean it up completely? What can go wrong if the cache is ...
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