Hi, yes, it’s a general question about the last major update: on my home laptop i updated it (around 6Gb) and after that, a reboot and login seems to freeze in Plasma.
So i boot with the older Kernel 6.12 (instead of 6.17, i think) login in and there where some updates and these 2 packages: qt5-webchannel and qt5-webengine.
So i started update and this tanks arround 3,5 hours.
I reboot and login and again, these 2 packages were there. Than i shut down the laptop.
So today, on my work laptop there are also some packanges and the 2 packages were also there. So what could i do? Update for 3,5 hours?
Further a read something about Plasma only uses Wayland. So for me i’m using X11 because my Kontact/Kmail anly works fine with X11. So is it possible to install/use X11 after switching to wayland?
Neither qt5-webchannel or qt5-webengine are currently in Manjaro repositories. Both have been deprecated and finally dropped to the AUR.
It is suggested to remove both.
If you have an AUR sourced application that depends on these, first try to re-build the application(s) concerned.
pamac likely attempted to re-build an application that depended on these packages, during the update, which means they would have needed to be built from source – thus the unusually long time taken.
Difficulties relating to AUR software can typically be minimised by adopting a strategy of separation between software sources.
Let me explain:
Ideally, updates from the official Manjaro repositories should be processed first (on their own) before any foreign sources (such as the AUR).
1. Update packages from the Manjaro repo(s):
sudo pacman -Syu
pamac update --no-aur (using pamac)
2. Build/update software sourced via the AUR:
pamac update --aur
3. If you use flatpakcontainerised apps:
flatpak update
The important factor is to maintain separation between updating from the Manjaro repos, the AUR or any other foreign sources.
This is especially important at times of large updates, where AUR software can potentionally delay the overall process considerably due building dependencies from source.
Only for a while – X11 will ultimately be removed completely from KDE.
To add to soundofthunder’s comment - these are in the AUR now and this repo may still be under DDoS. Simply remove these packages (this is cleanup work one has to do from time to time if the AUR is enabled).
Unless you have a special version of Kontact i doubt this. Kontact is virtually part of Plasma and build upon Qt so there is QtWayland with the Wayland platform plugin that enables Qt applications to be run as Wayland clients (same source code - merely set platform to wayland).