Calamares Installer won't start on Manjaro Plasma Daily ISO

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I cannot get the Calamares installer to start on the Manjaro Plasma Daily ISO from this URL:

When I click the ‘Install Manjaro Linux’ icon on the desktop or the one inside the application launcher, the icon appears on the taskbar for 1 - 2 seconds then disappears. When I use the Terminal, I navigate to the /usr/bin directory and try to execute the installer by typing calamares_polkit and it outputs the following error:

/usr/bin/calamares: error while loading shared libraries: libkpmcore.so.11: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I have tried this on a VM and on real hardware. I am having no luck. I do not know if this is a problem with the ISO or something missing in it or something in it. Can someone please help me?

Thank you

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This is automated release, why not use official one? Anyway, you can try installing kpmcore package first, in case it’s missing.

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The kpmcore package is installed. I verified that with pamac. That is what is really weird. The kpmcore package is there, but the calamares_polkit does not see it? I am not sure.

Is there an official Manjaro Plasma Daily ISO or an official Manjaro ISO that is already configured for the KDE Unstable repo like this automated one is?

I want to install Manjaro with the KDE Unstable updates, basically exactly what I am trying to do with this ISO.

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https://download.manjaro.org/kde/21.2.3/manjaro-kde-21.2.3-minimal-220205-linux515.iso

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Thank you. I know about the normal Stable ISO. I want to use Manjaro with KDE Unstable. Is there not an official ISO for this, just the broken automated one I am having trouble with?

Is there no way to achieve what I am seeking?

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You can build it yourself but I think it is the same with the one on github.

https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=Build_Manjaro_ISOs_with_buildiso

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Let me try to come at this from a different angle.

If I was to install Manjaro from the current Stable ISO, is there a way to switch or upgrade the new Stable installation to use the KDE Unstable versions of their software (KDE Plasma, KDE Gear, & KDE Frameworks)?

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Eh, really? Search the forum. There has to be at least 100 topics about switching branches and/or enabling other repos.

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Hi,

To switch branch look this wiki

https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/Switching_Branches#Changing_to_another_branch

Manjaro wiki page, link on the bottom of the present page

https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/Main_Page

with the search forum function
https://forum.manjaro.org/search?q=switch%20branch

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Dont use the developer build with KDE-Packages from git master branch. You rather want to test stable software from here: https://github.com/manjaro-plasma/download/releases

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Thank you for all the help.

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