Failing to update: failed to prepare transaction (invalid or corrupted package)

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Hey all,

I’m running an update, and a file seems to be missing causing it to fail a complete uptate. Tried updating it partially but it also did not roll. Other posts on the matter that directed to removing the file were inconclusive in my research.
Still learning, here is the prompt:

sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm --overwrite \*             ✔ 
[sudo] password for henryque: 
:: 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...
:: Replace dbus-python with extra/python-dbus? [Y/n] 
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/evince-46.1-1/desc: No such file or directory
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
warning: could not fully load metadata for package evince-46.1-1
error: failed to prepare transaction (invalid or corrupted package)

I appreciate any help or direction to a known post that solves/ellaborates on this.

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Here some system info as pointed out by @andreas85

sudo inxi --verbosity=8 --filter --width                                                                                   1 ✘  17s  
[sudo] password for henryque: 
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.90-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
    root=UUID=05a873b0-9fc1-4079-ae96-245a9f907992 rw quiet apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.4 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_x11 with: krunner
    dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Portable System: Dell product: Inspiron 5421 v: N/A serial: <filter>
    Chassis: type: 8 serial: <filter>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0VKD5N v: A13 serial: <filter> part-nu: Inspiron 5421
    uuid: 4c4c4544-0059-4410-8058-b9c04f365731 UEFI: Dell v: A13 date: 12/14/2015
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 9.7 Wh (100.0%) condition: 9.7/48.8 Wh (19.9%) volts: 12.2
    min: 11.1 model: LGC-LGC3.0 DELL 49VTP27 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
    status: full
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15.52 GiB used: 1.87 GiB (12.1%)
    igpu: 32 MiB
  Array-1: capacity: 16 GiB note: est. slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
    max-module-size: 8 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: DIMM_A type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB
    speed: 1600 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: 0b2c part-no: HKED3082BAB2H3HA1 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: DIMM_B type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB
    speed: 1600 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: 0b2c part-no: HKED3082BAB2H3HA1 serial: <filter>
PCI Slots:
  Slot: 0 type: PCIe lanes: 16 status: in use info: J6B2 length: long
    volts: 3.3 bus-ID: 00:01.0 children: 1: 02:00.0 class-ID: 0300 type: display
  Slot: 1 type: PCIe lanes: 1 status: in use info: J6B1 length: short
    volts: 3.3 bus-ID: 00:1c.3
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-3337U socket: rPGA988B bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Ivy Bridge gen: core 3 level: v2 built: 2012-15 process: Intel 22nm
    family: 6 model-id: 0x3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 0x21
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
    L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 798 min/max: 800/2700 base/boost: 1800/3800 scaling:
    driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil volts: 8.7 V ext-clock: 100 MHz
    cores: 1: 798 2: 798 3: 798 4: 798 bogomips: 14373
  Flags: acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx bts clflush cmov
    constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb
    ept erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht ibpb ibrs
    ida lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx
    pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts
    rdrand rdtscp rep_good sep smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp
    syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic
    xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
    vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW;
    STIBP: conditional; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not
    affected
  Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-7 process: Intel 22nm built: 2012-13 ports:
    active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GK107M [GeForce GT 730M] vendor: Dell driver: N/A
    alternate: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia non-free: series: 470.xx+
    status: legacy-active (EOL~2024-09-xx) arch: Kepler code: GKxxx
    process: TSMC 28nm built: 2012-2018 pcie: speed: Unknown lanes: 63
    link-max: gen: 6 speed: 64 GT/s bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0fe1
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Microdia Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1.6:5
    chip-ID: 0c45:64af class-ID: 0e02
  Display: server: X.Org v: 21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting dri: crocus gpu: i915
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99")
    s-diag: 414mm (16.31")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x1476 built: 2011 res: 1366x768
    hz: 60 dpi: 112 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.592 y: 0.341 green: x: 0.329
    y: 0.561 blue: x: 0.161 y: 0.137 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
    size: 309x174mm (12.17x6.85") diag: 355mm (14") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
  EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unknown flag 0
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus platforms: device: 0 drv: crocus
    device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: crocus surfaceless: drv: crocus x11:
    drv: crocus inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 4.2 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.0.6-manjaro1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2)
    device-ID: 8086:0166 memory: 1.46 GiB unified: yes
  API: Vulkan Message: No Vulkan data available.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Dell
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20
    class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.90-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: jack_control,qjackctl
  Server-3: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: n/a (root, process)
    with: pipewire-media-session status: active tools: pw-cli
  Server-4: PulseAudio v: 17.0 status: active (root, process) with:
    1: pulseaudio-alsa type: plugin 2: pulseaudio-jack type: module
    tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Dell
    driver: ath9k v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 06:00.0
    chip-ID: 168c:0032 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp6s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Dell
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000
    bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8136 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp9s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Info: services: mld, NetworkManager, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros Bluetooth USB Host Controller driver: btusb v: 0.8
    type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-1.4:8
    chip-ID: 0cf3:e004 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 894.25 GiB used: 418.9 GiB (46.8%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37960G
    family: Driven SSDs size: 894.25 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B sata: 3.2 speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: Z1.3 temp: 24 C scheme: GPT
  SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 52d 13h cycles: 584
    read: 110630 GiB written: 3174 GiB
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: HL-DT-ST model: DVD+-RW GU70N rev: A103
    dev-links: cdrom
  Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
    rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 59.12 GiB size: 59.12 GiB (100.00%) used: 40.48 GiB (68.5%)
    fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: root
    uuid: 05a873b0-9fc1-4079-ae96-245a9f907992
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 500 MiB size: 499.7 MiB (99.94%)
    used: 872 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
    label: efi uuid: 5929-9D45
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 834.65 GiB size: 834.65 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 378.41 GiB (45.3%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda3
    maj-min: 8:3 label: home uuid: 91684468-c9af-448c-85bf-6a8e4c5ab820
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 8087:0024
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1.3:3 info: Realtek RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
    type: <vendor specific> driver: rtsx_usb,rtsx_usb_ms,rtsx_usb_sdmmc
    interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
    power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:0129 class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 1-1.4:8 info: Qualcomm Atheros Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 0cf3:e004 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 1-1.6:5 info: Microdia Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_HD type: video
    driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0c45:64af class-ID: 0e02
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 8087:0024
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-1.6:4 info: Elan Micro Touchscreen type: HID
    driver: hid-multitouch,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 04f3:002a class-ID: 0300
  Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: 28.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0
Repos:
  Packages: 2519 pm: pacman pkgs: 2513 libs: 535 tools: gnome-software,pamac
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 6
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://manjaro.c3sl.ufpr.br/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 282
  1: cpu: 700% command: ps pid: 2837 mem: 4.05 MiB (0.0%)
  2: cpu: 14.5% command: baloo_file_extractor pid: 1650 mem: 341.2 MiB (2.1%)
  3: cpu: 5.5% command: chromium pid: 2211 mem: 247.3 MiB (1.5%)
  4: cpu: 4.0% command: [kworker/u8:47-btrfs-endio] pid: 2383
    mem: 0.00 MiB (0.0%)
  5: cpu: 3.5% command: [kworker/u8:46-btrfs-endio] pid: 2382
    mem: 0.00 MiB (0.0%)
  Memory top: 5 of 282
  1: mem: 385.1 MiB (2.4%) command: chromium pid: 2013 cpu: 3.1%
  2: mem: 341.2 MiB (2.1%) command: baloo_file_extractor pid: 1650 cpu: 14.5%
  3: mem: 269.1 MiB (1.6%) command: plasmashell pid: 1341 cpu: 1.2%
  4: mem: 247.3 MiB (1.5%) command: chromium pid: 2211 cpu: 5.5%
  5: mem: 198.0 MiB (1.2%) command: chromium pid: 2052 cpu: 2.2%
Info:
  Processes: 282 Power: uptime: 25m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 6.2 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,upowerd
    Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: clang: 17.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: Sudo (sudo) v: 1.9.15p5
    default: Bash v: 5.2.26 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.34

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Hi.

This indicates an issue with your local database.
To solve it, first create the missing file:

sudo touch /var/lib/pacman/local/evince-46.1-1/desc

and then update your system:

sudo pacman -Syu
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sudo touch /var/lib/pacman/local/evince-46.1-1/desc                                                                                  ✔ 
[sudo] password for henryque: 
    ~  sudo pacman -Syu                                                                                                              ✔  3s  
:: 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...
:: Replace dbus-python with extra/python-dbus? [Y/n] y
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/evince-46.1-1/files: No such file or directory
warning: could not fully load metadata for package evince-46.1-1
error: failed to prepare transaction (invalid or corrupted package)

Thanks for reaching out, same :confused:

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Hey @andreas85 , thanks, yeah I did some researching wasn’t able to find anything that worked or made me understand it better.
The system ain’t full, I’ve shared the inxi output at the end of the post.
Thank you for reaching out!

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This is a different file, so you have to do the same for this file too:

sudo touch /var/lib/pacman/local/evince-46.1-1/files

and then try to update your system.

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with

sudo pacman-mirrors --continent && sudo pacman -Syu

This repo hasn’t existed for a very long time. It looks like you haven’t been maintaining your system properly. When is the last time you performed an update; and regular maintenance?

A partial update state is unsupported. It seems to me you might have tried a number of random things that might have landed you in this predicament. Can you list any commands you’ve used? (the up arrow should scroll through your command history). Of course, if you used pamac-manager (GUI) for anything, your command history won’t be that useful.

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@soundofthunder
yeah, I’m still learning, it seems to be a continuous proccess.

sudo pacman-mirrors --continent && sudo pacman -Syu                                                                                  ✔ 
[sudo] password for henryque: 
::INFO Downloading mirrors from Manjaro
::INFO => Mirror pool: https://repo.manjaro.org/mirrors.json
::INFO => Mirror status: https://repo.manjaro.org/status.json
::INFO User generated mirror list
::------------------------------------------------------------
::INFO Custom mirror file saved: /var/lib/pacman-mirrors/custom-mirrors.json
::INFO Using default mirror file
::INFO Querying mirrors - This may take some time
  3.133 Brazil         : https://manjaro.c3sl.ufpr.br/
  3.664 Brazil         : https://mirror.ufam.edu.br/manjaro/
  2.106 Brazil         : https://linorg.usp.br/manjaro/
  0.861 Chile          : https://mirror.ufro.cl/manjaro/
  1.879 Colombia       : https://edgeuno-bog2.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/
  1.401 Colombia       : https://mirrors.atlas.net.co/manjaro/
  0.435 Uruguay        : https://manjaro.repo.cure.edu.uy/
::INFO Writing mirror list
::Uruguay         : https://manjaro.repo.cure.edu.uy/stable
::Chile           : https://mirror.ufro.cl/manjaro/stable
::Colombia        : https://mirrors.atlas.net.co/manjaro/stable
::Colombia        : https://edgeuno-bog2.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable
::Brazil          : https://linorg.usp.br/manjaro/stable
::Brazil          : https://manjaro.c3sl.ufpr.br/stable
::Brazil          : https://mirror.ufam.edu.br/manjaro/stable
::INFO Mirror list generated and saved to: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
:: 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...
:: Replace dbus-python with extra/python-dbus? [Y/n] 
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/evince-46.1-1/files: No such file or directory
warning: could not fully load metadata for package evince-46.1-1
error: failed to prepare transaction (invalid or corrupted package)

I’d say less then a week ago, always with sudo pacman - Syu

I had to reinstall my kernell not so long ago due to an unfortunate shutdown during update:
Original Post “Cannot boot due to shutdown during update ‘/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64’ missing”
So I’d say that was my last “maintenance”, but maybe it means something else? Enlighten me if possible, I’m eager to learn.

By partial I mean I tried updating through the GUI, opting out of what I understood was causing the error, maybe that lead you to think something else. This error appeared while doing the straight forward update sudo pacman -Syu, I went through other forum posts trying to see if they reflected on an analogue of my situation, none seemed to do so to my short understanding. So, beside my sudo pacman -Syuand other prompts from helpng users on this post, there’s not much on my command history since my last attempt to update:

sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm --overwrite \*
pacman-key --init
pacman-key --init
sudo pacman-key --init
pacman-key --pupulate archlinux manjaro
pacman-key --populate archlinux manjaro
sudo pacman-key --populate archlinux manjaro
sudo pacman-key --refresh-keys
sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm --overwrite \*
sudo pacman -Syu
sudo find /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ -iname "evince-46.1-1"
sudo find /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ -iname "evince-46.1-1" -delete
sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm --overwrite \*
sudo pacman -Syyu
sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm --overwrite \*
pactree -r dbus-python
pacman -r dbus-python
sudo pacman -R dbus-python
sudo pacman -R python-dubs
sudo pacman -R python-dbus
sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm --overwrite \*
sudo find /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ -iname "evince-46.1-1" -delete
sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm --overwrite \*
mhwd
mhwd-kernel 
sudo touch /var/lib/pacman/local/evince-46.1-1/desc
sudo pacman -Syu
sudo inxi --verbosity=8 --filter --width 
pacman pacnew 
sudo pacman-mirrors --continent && sudo pacman -Syu
cat ~/.zhistory
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Hello,
I would suggest to first remove evince, then update and reinstall evince.
Your error is strange as it seems linked to an old version and not the one to be installed (46.3 here on my PC).

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@Denis_Pom yeah, thanks, just what I did pamac remove evince showed me there were dependencies on sushi so had to remove it too. Then I proceeded with normal sudo pamac -Syu. So now evince (46.3-1)and sushi (46.0-1) are on.
Thank you @Denis_Pom and all in this thread.

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It’s good that you’re eager to learn.

That’s part of the reason the Stable Update Announcements exist - for you to address important maintenance tasks as they arise, and learn from the experience.

Each time a Manjaro update becomes ready a new thread is created to address issues specific to that update; for example, the last was [Stable Update] 2024-05-29.

In each Update Announcement is a section clearly marked as Known issues and solutions - you are expected to monitor these announcements and be aware of any issues affecting the update; preferably before performing the update.

Manjaro is a so-called rolling release distribution that requires hands-on attention by its users, so this expectation is justified.

In the case of:

which I drew attention to earlier:

The removal of that repo was documented in the respective Update Announcement at the time - so long ago, in fact, that it is no longer listed under recent announcements;

Stable Update 2023-07-10

The community repository has been merged into extra and is now empty

The Arch git migration is now complete .

The [community] repository has been merged into [extra] and is now empty.
It may take a bit of time for mirrors to catch up (more details here).

Update your system and handle the pacman

sudo pacman -Syu "pacman>=6.0.2-11"

In order to remove the defunct [community] repo changes must be made to /etc/pacman.conf.
Changes will be provided in a file with the extension .pacnew.
Pacman provides the utility pacdiff to manage these files and will use vim -d for comparison if the environment variable DIFFPROG is not set.

pacdiff -s

If you would like to use a different comparison tool you may prepend the env var:

DIFFPROG=meld pacdiff -s

Then sync with the repositories again:

sudo pacman -Syu

And you can also remove the now unused repository.

sudo pacman -Sc

NOTE: Be aware that this last command will also remove all packages in the pacman cache that are not currently installed: in other words, backup copies of packages that you have uninstalled at some point will no longer be stored on your hard drive.

In most cases, this probably will not cause headaches. To prevent even minor aches and pains, see the Arch Wiki for information on cleaning the cache

As it happens this issue had a comparatively easy fix, which was provided via a pacnew file for you to carefully merge with the existing file.

Failure to correct that issue could simply be an oversight, however, it can also be indicative of a complete disregard for system maintenance.

This is common among (particularly newer) users who make an assumption that performing an update equates to system maintenance, and nothing else needs to be done; or, if they take an entitled stance that they should not have to do that !@#$%, which happens more often than one might reasonably expect.

In short, always check the Update Announcements, and search for related information any time you have an issue. When asking for support, always remember that quality responses are directly proportional to the accuracy and clarity of your questions.

Cheers.

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