Pamac GUI is not working after enabling flatpak in third party. It fails to launch and gives an error report.
I encountered this error a few month ago and I switched from Manjaro to another Arch based distro and after recent update of Manjaro version I installed Manjaro again in hope that error was solved, but no same error still exists after few months and in new version of Manjaro.
What seems to be the problem and will it be fixed?
And I do not want to disable flatpak plugin to get it to work I want to use it with flatpak plugin like I used to.
I’ve seen no significant reports of issues with Pamac GUI in the time frame you suggest. Nor have I experienced any noticeable problems myself. Whatever the difficulty may be, is likely unique to the particular environment or attributable to human error.
In either case, more information needs to be provided to understand the problem, let alone suggest a possible course of action.
I installed Manjaro on empty SSD (fresh install), than I ran and installed all the updates (sudo pacman -Syu) and I have opened PAMAC gui (add/remove software) and enabled flatpak in third party tab and when I restarted my computer and tried to start PAMAC gui (add/remove software) it doesn’t open, just pops up an error that pamac could not be started. I have tried same procedure more than once with same result. I have seen many such reports during last 2-3 years from other Manjaro users about same problem.
It was fixed in the past but it is present again.
No human error, no specific environment, just a bug in Manjaro that needs to be fixed.
Try to do fresh install of Manjaro, then install updates and enable flatpak in third party, restart computer and you will see what I am talking about.
At this point we don’t even know which Manjaro you have installed. More information is required to enable anyone to help. The previous links will help you to help yourself.
If the error is the same as that post, then this is your solution:
flatpak uninstall --unused
As well as update manually:
flatpak update
Which is marked as the solution in that post.
That fixed the problem by removing old flatpak packages – If you’re experiencing the same issue with Pamac, then it’s likely to be the same cause – One (or more) of the Flatpak packages that you have installed; perhaps even one you depend on. The issue is likely not with Pamac.
Again, a simple question: Which Display Environment are you using?
It is a same error like in the post I sent it to you.
I know that I can uninstall the flatpak plugin and that I can install and update flatpak apps in terminal, but I find it convenient to do it from Pamac Gui, also I can browse through flatpak apps there also without going to flathub.
And what is the point to have the flatpak plugin in third party tab if it is not working. It should be fixed or removed just like snap was removed from third party tap in Pamac gui.
BTW I didn’t install any of flatpak packages.
I just enabled flatpak plugin in order to install some flatpak apps from pamac gui.
Only fresh install of Manjaro with latest updates, no apps, no flatpak packages.
No it is not, I just stated that only way to make Pamac Gui to work again is to remove flatpak plugin.
I have no flatpak packages installed, just a fresh Manjaro KDE install with latest updates.
I wanted to install some flatpak apps from Pamac Gui, because of that I enabled flatpak plugin in third part tab, restarted my pc and when I started Pamac Gui it didn’t open, just send an error that it can not open.
I did a fresh install of Manjaro again, installed updates and flatpak plugin again and same error pops up again.
Yes, from terminal it works like a charm. I will try another fresh install of Manjaro KDE, updates, and flatpak plugin to see if it will work. Maybe something happened during installation.
There have been a few updates since then. If this issue existed previously, it may have been rectified by possibly related updates. You could test that theory by downloading the latest KDE ISO if its also been updated. I think it’s too soon for that though.
We finally know he’s running KDE. That’s potentially useful, considering the issue in the magical thread the OP keeps referring to is solved in an XFCE environment; and not KDE.
These applications you want to install via flatpak might also be available either in the Arch repositories, which Manjaro uses, or via the AUR. This could be a workaround until you find a solution.
It does seem to me that the culprit is the flatpak plugin itself; considering you had no problem until activating it.
You could try this:-
Remove Flatpak before activating it in Pamac GUI:
sudo pacman -R flatpak
Install Flatpak while performing a system upgrade:
That’s potentially useful, considering the issue in the magical thread the OP keeps referring to is solved in an XFCE environment; and not KDE.