Package update stops with permission issue

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Hi group -

I’m on System76 Galago Pro (15) running kernel 6.12.48-1 and am having trouble with some package updates.

“sudo pamac update” returns the following package update options:

To build (4):   
appimagelauncher  3.0.0_beta_3-1  (3.0.0_beta_1-1)  AUR   
electron38-bin    38.5.0-1        (38.3.0-1)        AUR   
nomacs            1:3.21.1-1      (1:3.21.0-2)      AUR   
pdf-xchange       10.7.5.403-1    (10.7.3.401-1)    AUR

I accept the updates and it runs for a bit and stops with these messages:

==> Validating source_x86_64 files with sha256sums…
electron38-chromedriver-38.5.0-x86_64.zip … Passed
electron38-38.5.0-x86_64.zip … Passed
==> Removing existing $srcdir/ directory…
==> Extracting sources…
==> Starting prepare()…
chmod: changing permissions of ‘/var/cache/private/pamac/electron38-bin/src/electron38/chrome-sandbox’: Operation not permitted
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in prepare().
Aborting…
Finished with result: exit-code
Main processes terminated with: code=exited, status=4/NOPERMISSION

Since I initiated the package update with “sudo” I’m confused about the permission error. Tips about next steps welcome.

thanks

rsv869

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Don’t use sudo with pamac.
The program will ask for admin permission when it needs it.

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Ha ! It’s much happier. Silly me….

Many thanks.

rsv869