Package build fails in GUI but succeeds on CLI

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Running fully updated Plasma edition of Manjaro and trying to install the torguard package from the AUR.

When attempting this in the “Add / Remove Software” GUI application the install fails. When executing pamac install torguard in Konsole the install completes.

Any thoughts as to why the different experience?

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Hi @ChaosDaemon and welcome to the Manjaro community.

My guess is that you may not have the AUR configured in pamac-manager (the Pamac GUI version that ‘Add/Remove Software’ actually launches).

Please see:

Without specific information such as an actual error message and related logs, for example, there is not much else to be offered.

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I hope this helps. Cheers.

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I just installed torguard successfully via the Pamac GUI, however it did pop up a message saying:

Error while configuring torguard

So the package was installed successfully, however it may require manual configuration.

I then removed torguard & ran the same command you ran in the CLI, installing the package successfully. However, the same error regarding configuration did appear in the terminal, although there was no pop-up alert (unlike what occurred with Pamac GUI):

Checking available disk space...                                                                                                           [1/1]
/tmp/alpm_9jSTgF/.INSTALL: line 10: syntax error near unexpected token `}'
Error while configuring torguard
/tmp/alpm_9jSTgF/.INSTALL: line 10: `}'
Configuring torguard...                                                                                                                    [1/1]
Running post-transaction hooks...
Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...                                                                                                             [1/2]
Updating the desktop file MIME type cache...                                                                                               [2/2]
Transaction successfully finished.

So, torguard installs but may not automatically configure.