Any time I try to use pacman for anything, I recieve the following error warning: database file for 'landware' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download) error: failed to prepare transaction (could not find database)
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Please post your /etc/pacman.conf. There’s probably a typo in there.
I get the same error. Perhaps it doesn’t exist in the Manjaro Repos… just a thought.
[tracy@daphne ~]$ pacman -Qi landware
error: package 'landware' was not found
As far as i can tell Landware Apps are designed to work on IPhones, as such are designed NOT to work on Linux based Operating Systems.
The only thing I can suggest is to remove the package.
This may work:
sudo pacman -Rns landware
… if it doesn’t, let us know.
I’d be interested to know how you installed it. Was it a Flatpak or AppImage, for example? It doesn’t appear to be in the repositories or the AUR.
Returned the following error: warning: database file for 'landware' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download) error: target not found: landware
I don’t remember ever installing anything called landware is the weird thing about it.
#
# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives
#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir = /
#DBPath = /var/lib/pacman/
CacheDir = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log
#GPGDir = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
#HookDir = /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
HoldPkg = pacman glibc manjaro-system
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -L -C - -f -o %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
#UseDelta = 0.7
Architecture = auto
#IgnorePkg =
#IgnorePkg =
#IgnoreGroup =
#NoUpgrade =
#NoExtract =
# Misc options
#UseSyslog
#Color
#NoProgressBar
# We cannot check disk space from within a chroot environment
CheckSpace
#VerbosePkgLists
ParallelDownloads = 4
# By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
# trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.
SigLevel = Required DatabaseOptional
LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
#RemoteFileSigLevel = Required
# NOTE: You must run `pacman-key --init` before first using pacman; the local
# keyring can then be populated with the keys of all official Manjaro Linux
# packagers with `pacman-key --populate archlinux manjaro`.
#
# REPOSITORIES
# - can be defined here or included from another file
# - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
# - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
# - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
# have identical names, regardless of version number
# - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
# - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
#
# Repository entries are of the format:
# [repo-name]
# Server = ServerName
# Include = IncludePath
#
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
#
# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.
[core]
SigLevel = PackageRequired
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[extra]
SigLevel = PackageRequired
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# If you want to run 32 bit applications on your x86_64 system,
# enable the multilib repositories as required here.
[multilib]
SigLevel = PackageRequired
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# An example of a custom package repository. See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs
###REPO for MEGA###
[DEB_Arch_Extra]
SigLevel = Required TrustedOnly
Server = https://mega.nz/linux/repo/Arch_Extra/$arch
###END REPO for MEGA###
[landware]
Server = https://repo.kage.sj.strangled.net/landware/x86_64
SigLevel = DatabaseNever PackageNever TrustedOnly
Mod edit: Consecutive posts merged. 
I’d remove this bit from the file (save a backup first, if unsure, or just comment those lines out).
Note that adding e.g. Arch Extra (or any other repo) is not generally advised (or supported) by Manjaro.
Okay that worked to fix that specific problem, and it no longer stops at that point when I try to update, but now a new one has shown up. Should I make a new topic for it since it’s a new problem or just continue it here?
You could give some details here and it can be split off into a new topic, if the issue is indeed unrelated.
Not necessary to create a new topic
Remember that 3rd-party repositories are unsupported.
The specific message indicates that the url point to the landware repository is incorrect.
Try following the url - perhaps the server certificate has expired or otherwise invalid.
https://repo.kage.sj.strangled.net/landware/x86_64
It is certainly not a known big 3rd party repo. And is hosted on a ddns domain. That means it is either a private experiment of one person which can stop working anytime as it did, or a pentest repo, or just malware.
To sum up: if you don’t know what it is and why it doesn’t work, you shouldn’t use it.
It is certainly dubious enough that we don’t want it linked or debugged here.
The original question how to restore the system to a supported state was answered. Checkmark added. Link in the post above removed for seo purposes (in case it is malware we don’t want to link to it). Third party repos are unsupported and unsecure and will not be debugged here - a closure is due.