Hello ARM community.
Archlinux ARM pushed 4192 packages as massive update to their repos. This includes python 3.11, Gnome 44, latest Plasma and KDE Frameworks and more. List of python packages needed a rebuild: [python] rebuild for 3.11 (#1) · Issues · manjaro-arm / issues / Packages · GitLab
Additional Info
You will need to rebuild any AUR Python packages that install files to site-packages or link to libpython3.10.so.
Print a list of of packages that have files in /usr/lib/python3.10/ :
pacman -Qoq /usr/lib/python3.10/
Rebuild them all at once:*
pamac build $(pacman -Qoq /usr/lib/python3.10)
* Note that if any fail to build, you’ll have to rebuild what’s remaining one or a few at a time.
Use rebuild-detector to see if anything else needs to be rebuilt:
checkrebuild
Info about AUR packages
AUR (Arch User Repository) packages are neither supported by Arch nor Manjaro. Posts about them in Announcement topics are off-topic and will be flagged, moved or removed without warning.
Update Announcement
Some highlights:
- Some Kernels got renewed
- Python got updated to 3.11. So all python packages needed a rebuild
- Gnome got updated to 44 series
- Desktop environments not Gnome should uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-gnome, otherwise applications may start slower
- Plasma got updated to 5.27.5
- KDE gear got renewed to 23.04.1
- KDE frameworks are at 5.106.0
- Firefox is at 113.0.1 and Thunderbird at 102.11.0
- LibreOffice to updated to 7.5.3 and 7.4.7 including security fixes
- The usual KDE-git updates
End Of Life kernels (will be removed from repo soon):
-
linux60(EOL on 2023-01-12) (removed from repository)
Tips And Tricks
Error about missing openssl 1.1 library
Since the update to the new OpenSSL 3.0, some applications might still be looking for version 1.1 og openssl.
Fortunately Arch Linux created a compatability package for such events called openssl-1.1.
So if you encounter any such errors, please install the above mentioned package.
Applications currently known to specifically look for 1.1 is silver. We have not been able to rebuild it yet. So if you are on our Gnome or Sway editions, please install openssl-1.1 as part of this update.
How to get Waydroid working
If you follow these steps, you should have Waydroid working fine.
Remember, Waydroid only works on wayland!
- Install
waydroid-imageand all it’s dependencies. - Run
pkexec setup-waydroid. - You should now be able to launch Waydroid. The first launch takes a while.
How to use Kodi RPI on Manjaro ARM
If anyone wants to test kodi on the rpi, install these packages:
sudo pacman -S kodi-rpi kodi-rpi-dev kodi-rpi-eventclients kodi-rpi-tools-texturepacker libcec-rpi linux-rpi4 xf86-video-fbdev
Have it set up is to boot straight in to kodi
This means the kodi.service file need to replace whatever login manager you have installled. In my case I would:
sudo systemctl disable lightdm.service
sudo systemctl enable kodi.service
They recommend removing custom configs in config.txt. We ran into an issue if a value was set with gpu_mem=.
My config.txt with a bit of overclocking:
over_voltage=5
arm_freq=2000
#gpu_mem=64 #disable this
initramfs initramfs-linux.img followkernel
kernel=kernel8.img
arm_64bit=1
disable_overscan=1
#enable sound
dtparam=audio=on
hdmi_drive=2
#enable vc4
dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d,cma-512
#max_framebuffers=2 #disable cause kodi uses more
disable_fw_kms_setup=1
Some notes:
The default user will be kodi
kodi home directory will be /var/lib/kodi
So put test video in /var/lib/kodi/Videos so you can get to it
after setting up the video directory in kodi.
Upstream Notifications:
Older notifications
The PHP package has been updated to 8.2. If you still need 8.1, use php-legacy packages.
Arch Linux - News: PHP 8.2 update and introduction of legacy branch
If you used the Manjaro ARM Installer or is using PinePhone or PineTab, you need to redo your passwords, because of an update to libxcrypt:
Arch Linux - News: Sorting out old password hashes
The ghostpcl and ghostxps requires manual intervention (if you have these installed):
Arch Linux - News: ghostpcl>=9.53.2-2 and ghostxps>=9.53.2-2 updates require manual intervention
The nss package requires manual intervention:
Arch Linux - News: nss>=3.51.1-1 and lib32-nss>=3.51.1-1 updates require manual intervention
The packages hplip and firewalld requires manual intervention:
Arch Linux - News: hplip 3.20.3-2 update requires manual intervention
Arch Linux - News: firewalld>=0.8.1-2 update requires manual intervention
Package Changes (Fri May 19 13:30:34 CEST 2023)
- arm-testing community aarch64: 3006 new and 2953 removed package(s)
- arm-testing core aarch64: 79 new and 77 removed package(s)
- arm-testing extra aarch64: 1338 new and 1334 removed package(s)
- arm-testing kde-unstable aarch64: 386 new and 389 removed package(s)
See the full package list here
Testers needed on arm-testing branch
We are in need of testers for our arm-testing and arm-unstable branches.
So if you are adventurous and want newer software quicker, we would love for you to help us test out the new packages in arm-testing branch.
All you have to do to switch to this branch is:
- Run this command to switch branch:
sudo pacman-mirrors -aS testing && sudo pacman -Syyu. This will generate a new mirrorlist for you, sync your databases with the new mirror and update your system using the arm-testing branch.
We would then love for you to give feedback in our update posts in Testing Updates. That way we can better find and fix bugs, before they hit arm-stable branch. Thank you!
- No issue, everything went smoothly
- Yes there was an issue. I was able to resolve it myself. (Please post your solution)
- Yes i am currently experiencing an issue due to the update. (Please post about it)
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Check if your mirror has already synced:
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2023-05-31
