Issue with Electron25 Not Found Error While Updating Programs

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Hey everyone,

I’ve encountered a frustrating issue today while trying to update my programs. Every time I attempt to update, I’m greeted with an error message stating “Target not found: electron25”. This error is preventing me from keeping my programs up to date, and I’m not sure how to resolve it. Has anyone else experienced a similar issue or found a solution?

I’ve tried searching online for possible solutions, but unfortunately, I haven’t had much luck. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your assistance!

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Locate which application dependes on electron25 and remove it.

There is nothing Manjaro specific which depends on electron so it must be something you installed.

The message is not complete - it must be part of a 404 response from a mirror.

Such response indicates you are not following best practise when syncing your system.

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All branches should be on electron25 … its likely a mirror issue.

https://packages.manjaro.org/?query=electron

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For me, this kind of problem occurs when my mirrors are out of sync.

  1. compare your list in /etc/paman.d/mirrorlist with https://repo.manjaro.org/
  2. Update it if necessary, for example:
    sudo pacman-mirrors --country France,Global --api --protocol https --set-branch stable
  3. Optional:
    pamac clean --keep 2

Then
pamac upgrade --no-aur

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Do not use sudo with pamac

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Yes, correct!

As I’m excluding AUR, it may be “acceptable”, but it’s not good practice, so I’ll correct my message.

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I have done this:-

For me, this kind of problem occurs when my mirrors are out of sync.

  1. compare your list in /etc/paman.d/mirrorlist
  2. Update it if necessary, for example:
    sudo pacman-mirrors --country France,Global --api --protocol https --set-branch stable
  3. Optional:
    pamac clean --keep 2

Then
pamac upgrade --no-aur

but still getting the error message:

Error: Failed to prepare transaction: target not found: electron25

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I updated my mirrors in Pamac and it did not fix the issue.

Edit: As someone said in the general thread, updating from terminal fixed my issue:

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can you share the content of your mirrorlist

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sure:-

##
## Manjaro Linux custom mirrorlist
## Generated on 2023-07-10 12:29
##
## Please use 'pacman-mirrors -id' To reset custom mirrorlist
## Please use 'pacman-mirrors -c all' To reset custom mirrorlist
## To remove custom config run  'pacman-mirrors -c all'
##

## Country : United_Kingdom
Server = https://mirror.cyberhost.uk/sites/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch

## Country : Global
Server = https://mirrors.manjaro.org/repo/stable/$repo/$arch

## Country : United_Kingdom
Server = https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/repo.manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
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Your mirror isn’t sync (step 1)

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Can I copy the mirrors with 3 ticks and paste them into my mirror list file?

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yes in the first position

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Thank you, I ran the update through this command. As long as everything is going well.
pacman -Syu
… UPD …
I have error:

error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
npm: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/commands/login.js exists in filesystem
npm: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/auth.js exists in filesystem
npm: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/completion.fish exists in filesystem
...

facepalm

… UPD 2 …
Launched after the full download of all packages through the command line the usual program manager - everything was installed through it, since it renamed the existing npm files

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sorry to be anal about it but there is a typo in item 1, missing a C in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

it should be:

  1. compare your list in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
  2. Update it if necessary, for example:
    sudo pacman-mirrors --country France,Global --api --protocol https --set-branch stable
  3. Optional:
    pamac clean --keep 2
    Then
    pamac upgrade --no-aur
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I got xnview updates from the AUR. Tried to update - same error as before: package not found.
I took the advice from this thread:

pamac update --force-refresh --enable-downgrade
tried to update again - updated

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