Since a few months I noticed that the manjaro updater (pamac) has gotten very unstable. Usually I start the system update, it begins working and after some time the updater window just disappears without any error.
I know it’s not much to go on, but I don’t even know ho to start debugging this one. There seems to be no trace of an error anywhere. journalctl -b -g pamac comes back without any error.
I’m using Manjaro with KDE.
Please give us some information about your system…
inxi -zv8
would be a good start… and have you tried opening pamac-manager from the CLI, so that when it crashes it reports errors to the CLI.
Open a Terminal and type
pamac-manager
Please post any results using the </> button and pasting the results between the multiple back ticks.
Also, if you are using KDE Plasma, you should be using pamac-gtk3, not pamac-gtk. There are two versions, and pamac-gtk is the gtk4 version.
I recall seeing a few similar reports in recent weeks. While I’m not aware of the specific cause, it’s possible the issue was resolved in a recent update.
Thus the importance of making sure your system has been updated successfully.
To this end, I suggest using pacman in the meantime;
1. Refresh your mirrors (should be performed regularly):
sudo pacman-mirrors --continent
2. Perform the sync/update (using pacman):
sudo pacman -Syu
Use only if you build packages from the AUR:
3. Rebuild any AUR packages used (using pamac):
pamac update --aur
A reboot is preferable dependent upon what was updated.
Please provide the system information previously requested.
Regards.