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Artix Linux => Package management => Topic started by: ahloi on 02 June 2021, 19:01:55

Title: pacman dependency problem
Post by: ahloi on 02 June 2021, 19:01:55
Hello

I'm trying to install pamac for artix linux but come across this problem

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❯ sudo pacman -S pamac
resolving dependencies...
warning: cannot resolve "pacman<5.3", a dependency of "pamac-common"
warning: cannot resolve "pamac-common", a dependency of "pamac-cli"
warning: cannot resolve "pamac-cli", a dependency of "pamac-gtk"
:: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
      pamac-gtk

:: Do you want to skip the above package for this upgrade? [y/N] N
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: unable to satisfy dependency 'pacman<5.3' required by pamac-common
:: unable to satisfy dependency 'pamac-common' required by pamac-cli
:: unable to satisfy dependency 'pamac-cli' required by pamac-gtk
~ 6s

any help is appreciated, thanks
Title: Re: pacman dependency problem
Post by: Dudemanguy on 02 June 2021, 19:26:15
It's exactly what the message says. Pacman is on version 6 but pamac only works with 5.3. Nothing you can do until pamac gets pacman 6 support.
Title: Re: pacman dependency problem
Post by: jr53 on 02 June 2021, 19:31:44
hello,https://gitlab.manjaro.org/applications/pamac/-/issues/1047
Title: Re: pacman dependency problem
Post by: ahloi on 02 June 2021, 19:33:47
I see, thanks really appreciate it.
Title: Re: pacman dependency problem
Post by: xanadu on 03 June 2021, 06:52:08
I see, thanks really appreciate it.

You can solve this temporarily by installing octopi instead and uninstalling pamac-common. This is what I did.
Title: Re: pacman dependency problem
Post by: ahloi on 03 June 2021, 09:09:09
You can solve this temporarily by installing octopi instead and uninstalling pamac-common. This is what I did.
Thanks for the workaround! It works like flawless!