AUR not working on new install since 2024-10-10 update

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On a brand new Manjaro installation, the AUR doesn’t work with pamac-manager (once enabled in the options).

Log:

pamac-manager[989]: Failed to read AUR data from /var/lib/pacman/sync/packages-meta-ext-v1.json.gz : Error when opening file /var/lib/pacman/sync/packages-meta-ext-v1.json.gz : No such file or directory

Updating the packages database through the menu doesn’t fix it.

aur.manjaro.org/packages-meta-ext-v1.json.gz is online though.

Update: although this topic was locked and a post was force marked as a solution, it’s actually a known bug:
Searching AUR points to unexpected db · Issue #1 · manjaro/pamac-cli · GitHub.
Sorry everyone for the loss of time as my post was mistakenly taken for a support request.

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pamac update --aur --force-refresh

That said - custom built packages using AUR may cause instability when used on stable branch.

Be warned.

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Thanks, but this is a new install, so it should work without any further command.
And will it auto update after that like it used to?

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It may still be useful; to refresh the databases as @linux-aarhus has indicated, especially if an update (via pamac) has not yet been performed.

pamac update -a --force-refresh
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I just fixed this (old) issue myself @Marsa :

Nuke the folder (I have an alias for that: rmdir! = sudo rm -vdrRR - it’s the heavy hitter with no confirmation).

❯ sudo rm -vdrRR /var/lib/pacman/sync/download-lYHlyC
❯ pamac upgrade --force-refresh --aur --devel

It bugged me, because yay was fine, and pamac was a few days behind…

A few days later it’s still working well, just did another update today without issue.

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It surely fixes it, at least temporarily.
But this bug happens on a fresh install and after installing updates with pamac-manager and it shouldn’t.

But does the database keeps getting updated?
I did it a month ago on my install, and the modified date of /var/tmp/pamac/dbs/sync/packages-meta-ext-v1.json.gz is 2024-11-11.

Though http://aur.manjaro.org/packages-meta-ext-v1.json.gz returns

Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:08:14 GMT
Last-Modified: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:00:04 GMT

So a few minutes ago.

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Yes, after nuking and refreshing it was all bang up to date… pamac mirrored yay.

❯ curl -sI https://aur.manjaro.org/packages-meta-ext-v1.json.gz
HTTP/2 200 
date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:15:24 GMT
content-type: application/gzip
content-length: 11037831
last-modified: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:12:04 GMT
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Downloading the AUR database is not part of a fresh installation and having to download it is not a bug.

AUR should not be enabled on stable branch.

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I mean, does it stay updated or do we have to run that command every time?

It’s disabled by default, but there’s an option to enable it.
Before 2024-10-10, it worked without running a command before every AUR install.

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True - even so you may need to use the refresh database option in the GUI.

There has been changes to the location of the database - moved from /var/tmp/pamac to same location as other databases.

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As mentioned, updating the packages database through the menu doesn’t fix it.

Ok, so maybe the location hasn’t been updated everywhere in the code?

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The code is writing the metadata the correct location and it works as expected on my systems.

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Workaround to refresh the database has been explained and qualified several times. Continued banter on the topic seems ineffective.

Therefore closing.

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