Prusa-slicer version question

[dveh]

Hi toghether,

I could not find a solution or answer for my problem, so hopefully anyone can make it clear to me

I installed prusa-slicer via aur extra some time ago. It installed 2.8.1-2 back then. In the end of 2024 prusa-slicer 2.9 was released and I saw, that the aur extra already got it: Arch Linux - prusa-slicer 2.9.0-1 (x86_64)

As I do not see the update (also yay does not show the update to me) I am a little confused. Can anyone explain to me why the update does not show up?

Thanks for any hints in advance and kind regards!
Daniel

[soundofthunder]

The link you gave is an Arch package;
it’s not from the AUR.

prusa-slicer is available in the official Manjaro repositories.

pacman -Ss prusa-slicer

extra/prusa-slicer 2.8.1-2
    G-code generator for 3D printers (Prusa fork of Slic3r)

These are the versions of prusa-slicer currently available in all branches; I’m uncertain when v2.9.0 will reach Stable, but I imagine it won’t be too long:

Branch	Version
stable	2.8.1-2
testing	2.9.0-1
unstable	2.9.0-1

I suggest you remove any version you currently have installed, and install the package from the official repository:

sudo pacman -S prusa-slicer

Installing from the official repository will ensure that the package is updated as needed.

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[Nachlese]

Probably because Manjaro takes the ARCH packages and first puts them in the unstable and then the testing branch - later they become available in the stable branch.

It just needs some waiting time - or a change to the testing or unstable branch of Manjaro, I guess.

[dveh]

Thanks for your clarification, I think interpreted some things the wrong way, my installation is from the official “extra” and not the aur “extra”, so my installation is the official one.

To use prusa-slicer 2.9 in the meantime I installed it via flatpak. I will just wait until it hits stable.

So thanks again for your time and effort and the very informative answer!

Kind regards and greetings,
Daniel

[soundofthunder]

@dveh

I think interpreted some things the wrong way,

It’s an easy mistake.

If you don’t see the ‘https://aur’ before ‘.archlinux.org’ in the URL you can be reasonably assured that a given package doesn’t originate from the AUR.

@dveh

in the meantime I installed it via flatpak. I will just wait until it hits stable.

Seems fair.

You can use this link if you need to check the status of prusa-slicer:

• Branch Compare: prusa-slicer

Regards.