Error updating lib32-libcap

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I’m getting this error message trying to update my system. Anyone know how I can fix this?

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pamac update
Preparing…
Synchronizing package databases…
Warning: installing libcap (2.56-1) breaks dependency ‘libcap=2.53’ required by lib32
-libcap
Add lib32-libcap to remove
Warning: installing libnsl (2.0.0-1) breaks dependency ‘libnsl=1.3.0’ required by lib
32-libnsl
Add lib32-libnsl to remove
Error: Failed to prepare transaction:
could not satisfy dependencies:

  • removing lib32-libcap breaks dependency ‘lib32-libcap’ required by lib32-systemd,
  • if possible, remove lib32-systemd and retry
    Resolving dependencies…
    Checking inter-conflicts…
    Error: Failed to prepare transaction:
    could not satisfy dependencies:
  • removing lib32-libcap breaks dependency ‘lib32-libcap’ required by lib32-systemd,
  • if possible, remove lib32-systemd and retry
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Hello. I am also getting the same error when I try to update through pacman.

:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
 multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: installing libcap (2.56-1) breaks dependency 'libcap=2.53' required by lib32-libcap
:: installing libnsl (2.0.0-1) breaks dependency 'libnsl=1.3.0' required by lib32-libnsl
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See the post from @Fabby

  1. uninstall those packages and note which applications need them as they will be uninstalled as well.
  2. upgrade
  3. reinstall the applications that were removed in step 1
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Thanks a lot! That’s a lot of dependencies though so I’ll just wait for it to be resolved. :smiley:

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Hi again. Changing mirror list with the command

sudo pacman-mirrors --country YourCountry --interactive

worked for me. In my case I chose Turkey as country.