This is just a fresh install from the latest ISO of plasma. Downloaded it earlier this afternoon.
~ curl -O https://manjaro.lucassymons.net/stable/core/x86_64/core.db 1 ✘ 15s
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 162k 100 162k 0 0 11033 0 0:00:15 0:00:15 --:--:-- 36804
I also ran rm core.db after this as suggested. Should I try sudo pacman -Syyu again?
There is something completely off on your system.
I just tested the same mirror - no issues
11:18:36 ○ [fh@tiger] ~
$ sudo pacman-mirrors -aU https://manjaro.lucassymons.net
::INFO Writing mirror list
::BUILDMIRROR : https://manjaro.lucassymons.net/unstable
::INFO Mirror list generated and saved to: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
11:18:44 ○ [fh@tiger] ~
$ sudo pacman -Syy
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core 165,6 KiB 88,9 KiB/s 00:02 [------------------------------------] 100%
extra 1845,6 KiB 347 KiB/s 00:05 [------------------------------------] 100%
community 7,4 MiB 2020 KiB/s 00:04 [------------------------------------] 100%
Did you validate the file after download?
I didn’t know I was supposed to validate it. What does this even mean xD
It flashed onto my usb well enough. I plugged it in and it does what it normally does in any fresh installation.
~ sudo pacman -Syyu ✔
[sudo] password for inevitable:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core
~ curl -O https://manjaro.lucassymons.net/stable/core/x86_64/core.db 1 ✘ 15s
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
core.db failed to download
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from manjaro.lucassymons.net : Resolving timed out after 10000 milliseconds
error: failed to synchronize all databases (download library error)
It refers to a procedure where you validate if the ISO is complete and identicatal to the original.
For the full plasma
For the minimal plasma
To validate put the iso and the sig file in the same folder then run
For the minimal plasma
gpg --verify manjaro-kde-21.3.7-minimal-220816-linux515.iso.sig manjaro-kde-21.3.7-minimal-220816-linux515.iso
For the full plasma
gpg --verify manjaro-kde-21.3.7-220816-linux515.iso.sig manjaro-kde-21.3.7-220816-linux515.iso
Could you teach me how to do it? That sounds like a useful skill.
Do you think I should just redownload the ISO and try again?
I downloaded it on a windows 11 machine, then I flashed it onto the USB from there. Can I run these commands on windows?
Maybe I should just redownload the ISO and reflash the drive.
please go to the graphical package manager, at the top right are the options, open them and do a database-update from there. after this your update should run (had the same issues some time ago and it was necessary to update the database of the gui-package-manager)
I’ll give this a try thanks!
Yeah nah just gonna go fresh. See if that solves it.
Manjaro’s own package manager Pamac is great and built on top of Arch library - the Archlinux native pacman is better.
I am highly opionated on that matter 
I use pamac for quick searches I cannot remember the pacman command for
Hey Olli, I tried this, it found all the updates in the package manager, but when I clicked the download button it gave me the same error as before. Although perhaps I speak to soon because it appears to be downloading stuff now?
That’s weird.
as i wrote, use the options to update the database first ! it’s in the picture !
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Ok so it downloaded a bunch of stuff, but it now appears that the “apply” button is grayed out. Any thoughts?
close the graphical package manager and do the update from console now.
Copy that
Ok weird problem… The package manager won’t close. Lol.
are you serious ?
I had to close it with the system monitor.