Questions tagged [pacman]
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List a package's non-installed optional dependencies with descriptions and dependency reasons on Arch Linux
Given a package name, I would like to list its direct optional dependencies that are not currently installed on the local system along with both their package descriptions and their dependency reasons....
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Install packages with pacman to an alternative location
I am running Arch linux and have limited space on my root partition. I would like to install some packages to an alternative location than the default /usr/* directory, but I can't find any clear info ...
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When running makepkg -si I get multiple exists in filesystem messages and no packages get installed
New person here. I'm running Fedora 42 and am trying to install Ferium (A tool for Minecraft mods). Got pretty far but when running "makepkg -si" I get a bunch of "exists in filesystem&...
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Pacman / Pamac locked on manjaro but no lockfile exists
I usually do a pamac update to update my system. but now for the second time this does not work. it waits indefinitley for some other update process to finish.
yes, I already deleted /var/lib/pacman/...
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Fix apt after accidentally installing Arch essential packages
During installation of Arch Linux, follwing the manual, I have accidentally mounted wrong root partition. I have Pop_OS! installed on second drive, and I mounted its root partition in step 1.11... ...
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MSYS2/UCRT64 - QTCreator no longer launches after recent package update
Recently, several packages updated on UCRT64. After this update, QTCreator no longer launches. Not even simple things like --help or --version produce any output. It instead seems to exit immediately:
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I just installed pacman on kubuntu 24.04. How can I add a package repository
Perhaps I could use the apt package repository?
If so, how do I specify the location of that repository?
Does it make sense to use pacman on a kubuntu setup?
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How to list pacman and AUR installed packages, of an Arch Linux installation on mounted drive?
My computer "died".
I got a new one and want to migrate my Arch install to my new machine. Moved from Intel to AMD, new motherboard, etc.. I thought the better approach would be to do a ...
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Remove all QT packages using Pacman
I want to remove QT5 and QT6 from my MSYS install. MSYS uses Pacman as its package manager.
Luckily, the packages I want to remove all follow a pattern in their name:
mingw-w64-x86_86-qt5-*
However, I ...
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getting conflicting files error from libgpg-error while updating with pacman
on arch linux, Kernel: 6.2.13-arch1-1
trying to update with pacman -Syu but am getting these error messages
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
libgpg-error: /usr/bin/gpg-error ...
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Arch Linux | No updates in repository
After 5 days with zero updates, doing daily checks with pacman -Syyu got a big 1GB amount of updates, why this happens?
I'm new in Arch Linux, I wish this is only a coincidence and not something bad.
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How can I properly configure the g++ include path with mingw64?
I have installed msys2/mingw64 because I need the g++ compiler. Now, I want to compile some c++ oce which requires openblas. I have installed the package using pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-openblas. ...
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pacman parallel download using several mirrors
Pacman 6 introduced ParallelDownloads config option. When it used, pacman downloads several packages at once, but usually from single mirror, which limited total download speed a lot. Any way to ...
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How to fix the pacman command to allow me to register my microcode on Linux
just finished installing Arch Linux on my computer to the point where I can boot my system without
the thumb drive. After rebooting, I started making some adjustments and quickly realized that my ...
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Pacman and Arch Linux - No longer booting due to package issues, glibc
After having some pacman issues, I am not longer able to boot into my arch linux systemafter grub. All I get is a black screen without the ability to input anything. I believe this is due to ...
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