Can't install gPodder

[XJia]

@Nachlese

As for the community repo not being active for months now and the need to remove it:
open /etc/pacman.conf in any editor of your choice
and comment out or remove the two lines referring to that no longer existing (community) repository

I commented out the two lines:

[community]
#SigLevel = PackageRequired
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

Saved the file, but then:

~ sudo pacman -Syy          
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed to synchronize all databases (no servers configured for repository)

[Nachlese]

comment out this line as well:
[community]

the result should be:

#[community]
#SigLevel = PackageRequired
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[XJia]

#[community]
#SigLevel = PackageRequired
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

This solved my problem! Thanks so much.

So, we have a great community, but I have to take it out?!

[Nachlese]

@XJia

but I have to take it out?!

No.
Like it is now, it is … disabled.

It’s just a comment right now.
(putting a # in front of a line makes it a comment …)
It’s as if it was not there at all.

You may as well take it out.
Noone and nothing needs it anymore - it does not exist anymore.

[XJia]

The issue is I still have Community in /etc/pacman.conf. Comment it out solved the problem. Got it figured out here: Pamac can't remove, install or update - #3

[XJia]

It doesn’t matter whether to press on Choose or Cancel.

[Mirdarthos]

I’ll but in one last time:

@XJia you need to pay attention to the Announcements for your branch’s updates. which I presume is the Stable Updates updates.

Also, you mentioned this:

@XJia

The reason I prefer the gui to the terminal is that I don’t have to type in the precise package names.

…and it sort of makes me think you just want to point and click. I apologise if I’m wrong. But the fact is that Manjaro, no actually Linux in general, requires a much more hand-on, involved approach. So take a look here, and consider it going forward:

[Consideration] Is Manjaro the right distribution for you?

Manjaro is NOT suitable for absolute beginners No, it’s not. And we — as the helpful community members of this forum — regularly have to explain this to the newcomers. Or at least, if we get the chance, because it is not exactly unheard of that a vocal newbie throws it out there themselves in a fit of frustration — if not arrogance or entitlement, because there’s a lot of that going round as well. So why is Manjaro not a distribution for absolute beginners? 1. Manjaro is a rolling-release d…

If you find that Manjaro, then probably Linux in general isn’t for you, I recommend Windows to save yourself a lot of headaches.

[XJia]

@Mirdarthos

If you find that Manjaro, then probably Linux in general isn’t for you, I recommend Windows to save yourself a lot of headaches.

Though I’ve used Manjaro for over 1 year, I’ve abandoned Windows for 20 years. You need to give wiser recommendation.

[Mirdarthos]

Doesn’t look that way from your unhandled .pacnew files. Or the fact that you don’t like the terminal. Or the fact that you couldn’t sort this relatively common problem on your own.

So excuse me for taking all the evidence into consideration before I make a recommendation. I’ll recommend Gentoo for the next person that asks about Linux, since that’s powerful. Sh1t man, I should’ve given it to my brother since he very rarely uses his computer.

[Teo]

Well it has been ca. 8-9 Months since community is gone…it was kept empty to account for not properly updated machines, but i can understand it will not be kept forever and was taken down. Thanks for the tip, now we know what to expect in the next days in the forum

[soundofthunder]

@Mirdarthos

I’ll recommend Gentoo for the next person that asks about Linux, since that’s powerful.

So, tell us about Gentoo.
Oh, nevermind, it’s wildly off-topic.

[dmt]

@Mirdarthos

So I’d suggest removing them:

sudo pacman -Sy

You mean update the local databases (but not the system), so that next time they use -S they could end up in a partial update state.

@XJia If you haven’t already, do a proper update:

sudo pacman -Syu

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System_maintenance#Partial_upgrades_are_unsupported

[Mirdarthos]

@soundofthunder

So, tell us about Gentoo.

Except that it (quite literally) took me a whole weekend to get a (relatively) basic system, it was good. And back then, the kernel took a lot longer than 5 minutes to compile…

Edit:

@dmt

they use -S they could end up in a partial update state.

To be fair, that chance is always there if you’re not careful.

[Nachlese]

Gentoo was a good learning experience - as was LFS
… but that was around and about 2001 …

[dmt]

@Mirdarthos

To be fair, that chance is always there if you’re not careful.

If you define “not careful” as updating the databases but not the system.

Although there’s also the possibility of a failed update that was left uncompleted.

[XJia]

@Mirdarthos

this relatively common problem

I wonder from what perspective you stand.

If this problem is so common, how come it took so many rounds of questions and answer to help me find out the issue?

If you are a system developer (for Linux or Manjaro), and know that this is a common problem, why didn’t you make the system in such a way that it does not happen to a common user (sorry, not a system developer) like me.

If you are a skilled system administrator, good for you, but don’t expect every user of system to know everything you do. A user uses the system for other purposes than tweaking the internals of the system.

But anyhow, I appreciate your kind help.

[Nachlese]

@XJia

A user uses the system for other purposes than tweaking the internals of the system.

On Arch/Manjaro, you are that user.
By way of choosing to use/employ that particular distribution.

[dmt]

@XJia

If this problem is so common, how come it took so many rounds of questions and answer to help me find out the issue?

Communication is not always easy, especially when it comes to tech support.

@XJia

don’t expect every user of system to know everything you do.

That’s why we’re here, volunteering our time. Don’t expect to be able to use a complex system without learning.

[Mirdarthos]

@XJia

If this problem is so common, how come it took so many rounds of questions and answer to help me find out the issue?

That’s easy:

Because we’re normal, standards human and non of us have mind-reading abilities, so the problem, had to be diagnosed manually. Not to mention that it was done with the input of many people from all over the world.

@XJia

don’t expect every user of system to know everything you do.

I don’t. However, they should know their own system, and much more so when using Linux. Any distribution of Linux.

@XJia

If you are a system developer (for Linux or Manjaro), and know that this is a common problem, why didn’t you make the system in such a way that it does not happen to a common user (sorry, not a system developer) like me.

I’m not a systems developer. I’m just an average human, that don’t like things handed to me on a plate. (Well, except dinner…or lunch…)