Error: Failed to prepare transaction: target not found: podofo-0.9

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Hi folks,
I’m unable to update using the GUI Add/Remove Software and I get this error message:
“unable to lock database
Failed to synchronize databases
Warning: installing openblas (0.3.23-3) breaks dependency ‘blas’ required by cblas
Add cblas to remove”

I did a bit of snooping around here for something that might be helpful and tried this in the Konsole:
“pamac update --force-refresh”
This failed to complete giving me the error message:
“Error: Failed to prepare transaction: target not found: podofo-0.9”

Does anyone here have any suggestions as to what I should do next?
Cheers,
Alan

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You have to choose with BLAS implementation you want to use:
https://archlinux.org/news/openblas-0323-2-update-requires-manual-intervention/
sudo pacman -Syu blas-openblas

But first, you probably have to update your mirrors: sudo pacman-mirrors --geoip

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Thanks so much for the swift response. Just running it now. I’ll update with the outcome.

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That took a few hours to run. It did complete but there were a few errors and warnings showing when I scrolled back up through the CL. Now, when i attempt to update using the GUI I get the error message in this screen grab…

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Then use the terminal:

sudo pacman-mirrors --geoip
sudo rm -rf /var/tmp/pamac
sudo pacman -Syyu

Please don’t post screenshots of this very simple error message. Just post it.

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Sorry about the big screenshot for very little content. I guess it wastes a lot of bandwidth and wasn’t thinking.
I had already tried the terminal, and have just tried it again to receive this message:
“:: Starting full system upgrade…
warning: manjaro-hello: local (0.7.0-6) is newer than extra (0.7.0-5)
there is nothing to do”
Does this mean that I should just stop worrying about everything and carry on using my computer, or is there some kind of mess that I need to clear up first?
Sorry about all the questions. As you might gather, I’m no expert and generally tend to blunder my way through things.

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Found the solution here. Thanks everyone…