Can't update from stable to unstable branch on Pinebook Pro

Akero · 1 August 2025 22:43

Hello there!

After the stable branch of the ARM build has not been getting updates for a long, long time now and I am now planning to use my Pinebook a bit more, I decided an update was in order.

So I followed the instructions on the “Switching Branches” page and typed in the command

sudo pacman-mirrors --api --set-branch unstable

followed by

 sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack 5 && sudo pacman -Syu

at first, got an error message telling me

installing libxml2 (2.14.5-1) breaks dependency 'libxml2.so=2-64' required by rest

But after searching a bit, that one could be resolved by simply removing rest.

After that, all seemed to work fine, and I only had to type a few “y” for the files to be renamed “qt5”.

However, in the end, the update failed with the following error:

error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
phonon-qt6: /usr/bin/phononsettings exists in filesystem (owned by phonon-qt5)
phonon-qt6: /usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/libphonon_qt.qm exists in filesystem (owned by phonon-qt5)
phonon-qt6: /usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/phononsettings_qt.qm exists in filesystem (owned by phonon-qt5)
phonon-qt6: /usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/libphonon_qt.qm exists in filesystem (owned by phonon-qt5)
phonon-qt6: /usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/phononsettings_qt.qm exists in filesystem (owned by phonon-qt5)
phonon-qt6: /usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/libphonon_qt.qm exists in filesystem (owned by phonon-qt5)
phonon-qt6: /usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/phononsettings_qt.qm exists in filesystem (owned by phonon-qt5)
phonon-qt6: /usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/phononsettings_qt.qm exists in filesystem (owned by phonon-qt5)
phonon-qt6: /usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/libphonon_qt.qm exists in filesystem (owned by phonon-qt5)
phonon-qt6: /usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/phononsettings_qt.qm exists in filesystem (owned by phonon-qt5)
phonon-qt6: /usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/phononsettings_qt.qm exists in filesystem (owned by phonon-qt5)
phonon-qt6: /usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/phononsettings_qt.qm exists in filesystem (owned by phonon-qt5)
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phonon-qt6: /usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/phononsettings_qt.qm exists in filesystem (owned by phonon-qt5)
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phonon-qt6: /usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/phononsettings_qt.qm exists in filesystem (owned by phonon-qt5)
phonon-qt6: /usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/libphonon_qt.qm exists in filesystem (owned by phonon-qt5)
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phonon-qt6: /usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/phononsettings_qt.qm exists in filesystem (owned by phonon-qt5)
phonon-qt6: /usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libphonon_qt.qm exists in filesystem (owned by phonon-qt5)
phonon-qt6: /usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/phononsettings_qt.qm exists in filesystem (owned by phonon-qt5)
phonon-qt6: /usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libphonon_qt.qm exists in filesystem (owned by phonon-qt5)
phonon-qt6: /usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/phononsettings_qt.qm exists in filesystem (owned by phonon-qt5)

Now I don’t know what to do anymore. photon-qt5 seems to be a dependency for “kio-extras”, which is a dependency for dolphin, and as a layman, I don’t think can just go ahead and uninstall dolphin.

What should I do at this point?
Thank you for the answers in advance!

Darksky · 1 August 2025 23:29

I do not see photon-qt5 in the unstable branch. Wonder if it is now obsolete. I can not see that it is a depend of kio-extras now in unstable either.

Akero · 2 August 2025 00:45

Hmm, odd. When I try to uninstall it through the add/remove software program, I always get those infos. I couldn’t update anything really because of this problem, so maybe that is why? Though I am wondering why I even have a “qt5” program, if really nothing updated. Just noticed. Shouldn’t it be “phonon”, if it didn’t update?

In any case, what’s the best course of action to be able to complete the switch?

junari · 2 August 2025 01:14

First, make a backup. Then install pacman-static in case of problems. After that yo can update
sudo pacman-static -Sdduu --overwrite “*”

Akero · 2 August 2025 21:03

Thanks for the answer! I tried installing pacman-static, but somehow it still gives me the same phonon error

Should I now do the same without pacman-static or is another route better?

Darksky · 2 August 2025 22:32

Why do you just force remove photon-qt5 then run pacman.

sudo pacman -Rdd photon-qt5
sudo pacman -Syu --overwrite "*"

photon-qt5 is not in the repo any more so it most likely will not be missed once removed and doing an upgrade.

Akero · 4 August 2025 14:39

Thank you for the answer! But it seems like I wrote “photon-qt5” instead of “phonon-qt5” in the post.
Should I still just do the same but with phonon-qt5? Just making sure here, as it seems like overwrite can create a lot of problems.

Darksky · 4 August 2025 14:46

Yes phonon-qt5 is not in the repo either. Responsives come back blank below on 2 commands.

[ray@jellyfin ~]$ dependency-checker phonon-qt5
[ray@jellyfin ~]$ pacman -Ss phonon-qt5

Akero · 4 August 2025 16:38

Thank you! The update now went through and I can see that programs seem to be up to date. I do have another problem now though: WiFi isn’t working anymore. One of 2 things will happen after a boot:

Sometimes, the laptop straight up doesn’t recognize any available networks and maybe is in LAN mode? At least the sign looks like it (it has the PC with the cable).
For the first few minutes of the start the same as stated above will happen. After a while, it then switches into WiFi mode. However, while it now recognizes the networks, it immediately disconnects from one after connecting and gives the error
"
Wireless Interface (wlan0)
No secrets were provided
"

Darksky · 4 August 2025 16:59

Download and install wpa_supplicant-2:2.10-8-aarch64.pkg.tar.xz from here:

http://tardis.tiny-vps.com/aarm/repos/2024/07/01/aarch64/core/

You will have to stop it from updating in /etc/pacman.conf.

Akero · 4 August 2025 17:09

How do I keep it from updating? It seems like I have to put something in the “IgnorePkg” line. But what should I write there?

Darksky · 4 August 2025 17:13

IgnorePkg = wpa_supplicant

Akero · 8 August 2025 16:18

Sorry for the late answer, had to wait for a USB-stick.

But thank you so much for the help! It still takes quite a while to activate the internet, but after a while it begins to work.

Finally I was able to upgrade, hope a newer version of the wpa_supplicant will be available soon that fixes things completely.

Again, thanks a lot! Hope you have an amazing weekend ahead!

Darksky · 8 August 2025 21:21

That is a common gripe. Just be patient.