Not sure what is wrong with my configuration but, I’m not getting any of the conflicts that you suggest.
I initially installed manjaro-pipewire with all the packages as you can see per the output
pamac search -i pipewire
manjaro-pipewire 20211001-1 extra
Manjaro meta package for complete PipeWire support.
gst-plugin-pipewire 1:0.3.38-1 extra
Multimedia graph framework - pipewire plugin
pipewire-zeroconf 1:0.3.38-1 extra
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - Zeroconf support
pipewire-pulse 1:0.3.38-1 extra
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - PulseAudio replacement
pipewire-media-session 1:0.3.38-1 extra
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - Session manager
pipewire-jack 1:0.3.38-1 extra
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - JACK support
pipewire-alsa 1:0.3.38-1 extra
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - ALSA configuration
pipewire 1:0.3.38-1 extra
Low-latency audio/video router and processor
I try to install wireplumber, having pipewire-media-session installed, but I don’t get any as you do and the install completes successfully
sudo pamac install wireplumber
Preparing...
Synchronizing package databases...
Resolving dependencies...
Checking inter-conflicts...
To install (1):
wireplumber 0.4.3-1 community
Total installed size: 1.9 MB
Apply transaction ? [y/N] y
Checking keyring... [1/1]
Checking integrity... [1/1]
Loading packages files... [1/1]
Checking file conflicts... [1/1]
Checking available disk space... [1/1]
Installing wireplumber (0.4.3-1)... [1/1]
Running post-transaction hooks...
Reloading system manager configuration... [1/2]
Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate... [2/2]
Transaction successfully finished.
Now I have both installed
pamac search -i wireplumber
wireplumber 0.4.3-1 community
Session / policy manager implementation for PipeWire
and if I try to remove the pipewire-media-session, pamac tries to remove my whole desktop, surely there must be something not configured properly to get something like this.
sudo pamac remove pipewire-media-session
Preparing...
Checking dependencies...
Warning: bluedevil optionally requires pulseaudio-bluetooth: to connect to A2DP profile
Warning: kde-cli-tools optionally requires plasma-workspace: for kcmshell5
Warning: lib32-fluidsynth optionally requires pulseaudio: PulseAudio sound support
Warning: phonon-qt5 optionally requires pulseaudio: PulseAudio support
Warning: phonon-qt5-gstreamer optionally requires pulseaudio: PulseAudio support
Warning: pipewire optionally requires pipewire-media-session: Default session manager
Warning: pipewire optionally requires pipewire-alsa: ALSA configuration
Warning: pipewire optionally requires pipewire-jack: JACK support
Warning: pipewire optionally requires pipewire-pulse: PulseAudio replacement
Warning: pipewire optionally requires gst-plugin-pipewire: GStreamer support
Warning: zoom optionally requires pulseaudio-alsa: audio via PulseAudio
To remove (26):
kget 21.08.2-1 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) extra
plasma-pa 5.22.5-1 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) extra
manjaro-bluetooth 20210928-1 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) extra
plasma-nm 5.22.5-1 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) extra
sddm-breath2-theme 1.0.18-5 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) community
kdeplasma-addons 5.22.5-1 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) extra
plasma-desktop 5.22.5-1 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) extra
plasma-wayland-session 5.22.5-2 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) extra
manjaro-pipewire 20211001-1 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) extra
pipewire-jack 1:0.3.38-1 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) extra
pulseaudio-alsa 1:1.2.5-2 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) extra
plasma-firewall 5.22.5-1 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) extra
plasma-browser-integration 5.22.5-1 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) extra
gst-plugin-pipewire 1:0.3.38-1 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) extra
kinfocenter 5.22.5-1 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) extra
pipewire-alsa 1:0.3.38-1 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) extra
powerdevil 5.22.5-1 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) extra
pulseaudio-ctl 1.70-1 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) community
pipewire-pulse 1:0.3.38-1 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) extra
kgamma5 5.22.5-1 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) extra
khotkeys 5.22.5-1 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) extra
sddm-kcm 5.22.5-1 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) extra
systemsettings 5.22.5-1 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) extra
plasma-workspace 5.22.5-2 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) extra
kwin 5.22.5-1 (Depends On: pipewire-media-session) extra
pipewire-media-session 1:0.3.38-1 extra
Total removed size: 146.1 MB
Apply transaction ? [y/N]
Sorry about the delay I didn’t had time to look into this until now.
Thanks for the help anyway, I’ll keep investigating to see what I can find