Cannot run Manjaro Settings Manager

ARM
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I am not able to run the Manjaro Settings Manager.

If I double click from the All Applicaions menu. It tried to start for a few seconds ad the icon disappeared.

If I ran from command line.

$ manjaro-settings-manager
manjaro-settings-manager: error while loading shared libraries: libKF5ItemModels.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
$ pacman -Ss libkf5itemmodels
$

No such library is found.

The reason I was trying to run the Manjaro Settings Manager is that I want to try upgrade the kernel.

I am using Manjaro ARML Linux on Raspberry Pi 4.

Is ther any guide to upgrade kernel on Manjaro ARM Linux

Moderator edit: combined reply with first post.

Please edit the first post instead of replying to yourself.

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sudo pacman -S kjs kdelibs kitemmodels5

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I installed the kf5 package.

$ sudo pacman -S kjs
error: target not found: kjs
$ sudo pacman -S kdelibs
error: target not found: kdelibs
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are you on the unstable branch?

kjs & kdelibs are only available in the stable branch…

sorry, now I’m stumped too. gl

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I install from the file Manjaro-ARM-kde-plasma-rpi4-2025-1013.img.xz

Is that stable branch or not?

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The following link shows the only similarly named (rpi4) ARM packages associated with a Manjaro branch;

so, I can’t directly answer that.
Where did you get the package?

Also, if I understand correctly, one should be using Unstable branch, in any case.

However, please wait for someone to confirm that.

Beyond this, as I’m not a user of Raspberry Pi (or ARM), I’m unable to help further.

Regards.

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I obtain the file from the following page.

Manjaro ARM Linux RPI4 image

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https://forum.manjaro.org/t/arm-unstable-update-2025-08-01-linux-plasma-thunderbird-firefox-chromium/180369/25?u=tartanpion

I’m leaving for Arch soon, but I compiled the packages a while ago. (kittenmodel et manjaro settings)

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I have noticed several members migrating from Manjaro ARM to other distributions supporting ARM (search the forum and you will likely find related topics).

I recall seeing Debian and EndeavourOS, and Arch Linux itself, mentioned as having better support for ARM than Manjaro. @tartanpion has also written a HowTo for migrating to Arch for Pi5:

The following article might also be of interest. However, please, perform your own research to gain a more accurate understanding of the situation.

Related:

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I don’t know - you can check by running the command

pacman-mirrors

If will tell you which branch.

Or you can

grep -e 'Branch' /etc/pacman-mirrors.conf

Manjaro Settings Manager cannot switch branch - this only work when using x86_64 architecture.

The last official release was 23.02 - what you get from github is automated builds - if they work good - if not :man_shrugging:

But largely the arm packages work - with few exceptions they are synced from Archlinux ARM.

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Thanks for sending me the link about the “Is Manjaro ARM dead?” document. It help me to understand the current status of Manjaro ARM.

If the company behind Manjaro Linux can allocate some resource to keep the Manjaro ARM updated. It can attract more user. As there will be more machines with ARM CPU like snapdragon and Raspberry Pi.

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$ pacman-mirrors
Pacman-mirrors version 5.2
Local mirror status for arm-unstable branch
Mirror #1 OK 00:08 United_States FCIX Micro Mirror
Mirror #2 – 00:58 United_Kingdom FCIX Micro Mirror
Mirror #3 – 00:56 Germany Index of /manjaro/
Mirror #4 – 00:07 Germany Index of /pub/mirror/manjaro.org/repos
Mirror #5 – 01:07 New_Zealand Index of /manjaro/
Mirror #6 – 07:07 Greece ftp.cc.uoc.gr - University of Crete / Computer Center
Mirror #7 – 07:16 China https://mirror.nju.edu.cn/manjaro/
Mirror #8 – 01:38 Ukraine Index of /manjaro/
$ grep -e ‘Branch’ /etc/pacman-mirrors.conf

Branch Pacman should use (stable, testing, unstable)

Branch = arm-unstable