Pamac update problem (jre, jdk)

[dstiles]

I have had the following error each time I try to install the latest update:

conflicting dependencies:
- jre-openjdk and jre-openjdk-headless are in conflict

Something wrong with the update?

[ydar]

Check the Stable announcement, it tells you what you need to do.

[Mirdarthos]

@ydar

Check the Stable announcement, it tells you what you need to do.

You should have done this first. Before upgrading, actually. But here’s the relevant part:

@philm

This will (potentially) require a manual user action during upgrade:

• If you have both JDK and JRE installed you can manually install the JDK with pacman -Syu jdk-openjdk and this removes the JRE related packages.
• If you have both JRE and JRE-headless you will need to choose one of them and install it manually since they would conflict each other now.
• If you only have one of the JDK/JRE/JRE-headless pacman should resolve dependencies normally and no action is needed.

[nikgnomic]

For pamac:

@Wollie

Error: Failed to prepare transaction:
conflicting dependencies:
- jdk-openjdk and jre-openjdk are in conflict

Resolved by installing jdk-openjdk before updating:

pamac install jdk-openjdk --no-upgrade; pamac update --no-aur

[dstiles]

@ydar

Check the Stable announcement, it tells you what you need to do.

I have never come across this in the several years I’ve been using manjaro. If it that important/necessary why is it not mentioned in pamac as a “First do…” - or better still, let pamac do it auomatically - or as an interactive procedure.

Still an error…

 sudo pacman -Syu jdk-openjdk 
:: Synchronising package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
 multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
:: Replace kuserfeedback with extra/kuserfeedback5? [Y/n] y
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: unresolvable package conflicts detected
error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
:: jdk-openjdk and jre-openjdk are in conflict

[Mirdarthos]

@dstiles

or as an interactive procedure.

This is why you read, and pay attention to the Announcements, because it was explicitly said:

@philm

Changes in JDK / JRE 21 packages may require manual intervention

@dstiles

auomatically

This isn’t windows, not everything is or will be automatic.

[dstiles]

@Mirdarthos

This is why you read, and pay attention

I was not even aware of the notification - I click \update and it updates. Usually.

But there is still an error.

[nikgnomic]

Commands suggested in Known information and solutions on forum announcements for this issue don’t work, and users don’t seem to be capable of reading further into the topic to find working solutions

@Wollie

pamac install jdk-openjdk --no-upgrade; pamac update --no-aur

@ARSManiac

sudo pacman -Sy jdk-openjdk
(said Yes to remove packages in conflict)
then:
sudo pacman -Syu

[Mirdarthos]

@dstiles

I click \update and it updates. Usually.

There’s a big chance you have a lot of .pacnew files that requires merging than. See:

System Maintenance/en

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Pacnew_and_Pacsave#Why_these_files_are_created

Edit:

@nikgnomic

and users don’t seem to be capable of reading further into the topic to find working solutions

Yeah, sorry.

[dstiles]

@ARSManiac

sudo pacman -Sy jdk-openjdk

That worked. Thank you. Pamac is now running correctly.

And I have run sudo pacman -Rs $(pacman -Qqdt) (which I do now and again) and yes, quite a few packages. Could this option not be interactively run at the end of an update? (I have several debian servers set to do this on auto-update.)

This isn’t windows,

For which I am thankfull, believe me. But a way of persuading others to abandon windows is to automate as much as possible - many newly ex-windows users would have been floored by this problem, I’m sure.

[Mirdarthos]

@dstiles

Could this option not be interactively run at the end of an update?

I have made a script that does just6 about everything for you:

GitHub - Mirdarthos/manjaro-update-helper: a Helper script for updating Manjaro.

@dstiles

users would have been floored by this problem, I’m sure.

Like you were?

@dstiles

But a way of persuading others to abandon windows is to automate as much as possible

See this:

[Consideration] Is Manjaro the right distribution for you?

Manjaro is NOT suitable for absolute beginners No, it’s not. And we — as the helpful community members of this forum — regularly have to explain this to the newcomers. Or at least, if we get the chance, because it is not exactly unheard of that a vocal newbie throws it out there themselves in a fit of frustration — if not arrogance or entitlement, because there’s a lot of that going round as well. So why is Manjaro not a distribution for absolute beginners? 1. Manjaro is a rolling-release d…

[dstiles]

I tried to reply earlier but manjaro / firefox would not give me a reply box, so this is posted from debian. I suspect not yet having rebooted manjaro may be the problem (it takes best part of an hour to reset everything) OR that firefox requires the JDK I deleted.

In reply to Mirdarthos:

I have made a script

Which I hope will be added to each relevant pamac instance?

Like you were (floored)

Pretty much, although I had little time to follow through. I am not a linux beginner; I’ve been using various versions including web and mail servers for a couple of decades at least, but I am lazy/busy and expect things to just work. Which they usually do.

Manjaro is NOT suitable for absolute beginners

Yes, I seem to vaguely recall seeing that in the long distant past. But you’re selling yourselves short. Once installed it runs pretty smoothly for the most part and this forum is remarkably helpful. I would expect it to be relatively easy for an experiences windows user.

[Mirdarthos]

@dstiles

Which I hope will be added to each relevant pamac instance?

That’s not up to me, but feel free to use it.

[parker.hugh]

@ARSManiac

sudo pacman -Sy jdk-openjdk
(said Yes to remove packages in conflict)
then:
sudo pacman -Syu

thank you for your summary of solution, it worked for me