Pamac GUI stuck checking for updates

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@volkskamera

sudo pacman -Syu
yay -Syu

A little late, nonetheless an important note about updating using yay with the AUR in the mix:

A notice similar to the following appeared in a recent Update Announcement under Known Issues and Solutions.

This hopefully spells it out a little more clearly:

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Update official repo packages FIRST before the AUR

Please follow best practice methods for updating your system.

1. Update regular repository packages first with any of these commands, depending on the package manager you prefer:

• sudo pacman -Syu
• pamac update --no-aur
• yay -SyuN or yay -Syu --repo

2. If you then wish to update software via the AUR:

• pacman cannot be used with the AUR.
• pamac update --aur
• yay -Sua or yay -Su --aur

@Important

If you prefer Yay Package Manager, never use yay -Syu to perform an update. Doing so will update all packages – from the Manjaro Repo and the AUR – at the same time.

While this may seem convenient, it can often result in unneeded and/or conflicting packages being installed (as dependencies), which can cause problems.

To avoid these problems updating from the repo(s) and the AUR should be kept completely separated, which is why using either pacman – or pamac or yay (with appropriate parameters) – is recommended.

Please follow the above best practice method to always ensure that Manjaro Repo packages are installed first, followed separately by software sourced from the AUR.

Mod edit:- yay commands updated.