Differing version numbers of some local and remote packages: Cannot reinstall all installed packages

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that must be a remnant of the installer - nothing standard is installed into /opt

install again and we’ll see, won’t we :wink:

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@BG405

Yes, of course the pacman.log file contains more lines than I have quoted. I just wanted to make sure that the oldest log information in this file not already has been deleted (instead of being rotated).

In this pacman.log file I am not sure for which term(s) I should search for. Would it be worth to inspect this file at this very moment?

Or wouldn’t it be better if I just do another installation of Manjaro? Because maybe I really did something wrong, without my intention.

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Use:

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

when you perform that update; just in case.

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I’d suggest posting the full logs, so we can have a look. :wink:

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At this point - and if it isn’t too much trouble - it’s likely very much easier than to go down the rabbit hole of what you currently have.

It would be much less time consuming.

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Indeed; but also less educational for @anon20541014 …? (And others here).

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@soundofthunder

Thanks for your advice regarding the use of

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

having completed the installation of Manjaro + a reboot.

But I will click the update notifier in the KDE task bar because I want to find out if there is something wrong with it.

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@Nachlese

So you also think it is better for me to do another Manjaro installation because analyzing the pacman log file would take much more time than a new installation, right?

Yes, I think you are right.

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Guys, have you seen this:

It applies to testing branch, nevertheless, before reinstalling I would give the downgrade a try. It’s just one command and the syntax has been provided many times, already. :wink:

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I’d suggest… let the man reinstall, and be done with it.

It is said that lightning doesn’t strike twice in the same place (which is actually a falsehood) however, for brevity, let’s just see how a new installation falls into place.

Cheers.

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@Wollie

Thanks for your information :wink:

OK, I will try to find this command here. Didn’t I try all commands that have been mentioned here already? Let me have a look in the previous posts in this thread.

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AFAIK you didn’t try the one I posted (twice), which solves both issues (the newer packages and existing files).

sudo pacman -Syuu --overwrite '*'
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And from post 1:

This command failed (at the time) due to an apparent issue with VLC.

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Subtle difference, there’s an extra u to downgrade the newer packages.

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Yes, but it indicates the OP was aware of the command from the onset. Perhaps continued references to downgrading were ignored due to it failing in their hands. :man_shrugging:

@Teo also mentioned downgrading early in the thread; all we could assume is that it had already been sufficiently covered.

Much seems lost in translation.

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Yes, but failed to combine the two commands into one that would work.

sudo pacman -Syu --overwrite '*'

Avoids the exists in filesystem error, but did nothing due to the system being up-to-date, and of course the newer packages weren’t downgraded.

sudo pacman -Syuu

Failed because of the exists in filesystem errors.

That’s why I posted it twice, along with a quote from them asking how to fix it.

I suppose I should’ve explained it better, though to be fair I did say:

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I’m sure it’s been mentioned several times how to downgrade, or remove and reinstall “offending” packages, or just wait until Stable catches up with whatever’s been installed!

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I think we’ve all covered things adequately.

The only thing I’m missing is the OP’s final choice… is he downgrading or reinstalling? :smile_cat:

I’ve been distracted for the last few posts.

This seems to indicate he’s now following directions – from the thread @Wollie posted – to downgrade:

I just made a bet with myself.

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Hey all + especially @dmt :wink:

I did the downgrade - with success! There was no error message in the console output of the command which @dmt provided to me.

Having done an “update-grub” in one of my other local Linux installations (Debian 12), then booting into Manjaro I applied the following two commands:

[<User>@<Hostname> ~]$ sudo checkupdates
[sudo] password for <User>: 
[<User>@<Hostname> ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
 there is nothing to do
[<User>@<Hostname> ~]$

So now everything seems to work properly :wink: Thanks to the all of you for your input :slight_smile:

Edit: And now the strawberry program starts successfully :wink: Which seems to be a fork of the Clementine audio player, if I look at its GUI :wink:

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My transition from Debian (with a detour to Gentoo and even LFS) to Arch was a challenge, too.
But that is now so long ago that I find myself struggling with Mint (Debian based, if you go far enough down the line). :man_shrugging:

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