Unable to uninstall kernel linux-6.17 after installed linux-6.18

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Hi team!!! Hope everything fine overthere…

As title says , i’m unable to uninstall kernel linux-6.17 (which has been marked as EOL ) after install linux-6.18…

I’m getting this error message:

error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: removing linux617 breaks dependency ‘linux617’ required by linux-meta

Here i let my “inxi --full --admin --filter --width” output:

System:
  Kernel: 6.18.2-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.18-x86_64
    root=UUID=cc0092ed-8fae-4f26-aee0-4fcc21f7f9ce rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet
    splash apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: GNOME v: 49.2 tk: GTK v: 3.24.51 wm: gnome-shell
    tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 49.2 Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ASUS EXPERTBOOK B3604CMA_B3604CMA
    v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: B3604CMA v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI vendor: ASUSTeK (Licensed by AMI
    LLC.) v: B3604CMA.307 date: 12/12/2024
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 39.6 Wh (77.9%) condition: 50.9/50 Wh (101.7%)
    power: 18.4 W volts: 13.09 min: 11.88 model: C490-42 type: Unknown
    serial: <filter> charging: status: charging control: start: N/A end: 80%
    cycles: 29
  Device-1: ps-controller-battery-a0:5a:5d:55:08:45 model: N/A serial: N/A
    charge: N/A status: full
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core Ultra 5 125U bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
    arch: Meteor Lake level: v3 note: check built: 2023+ process: Intel 4 (7nm)
    family: 6 model-id: 0xAA (170) stepping: 4 microcode: 0x25
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 5 cores: 12 threads: 14 mt: 2 tpc: 2
    st: 10 smt: enabled cache: L1: 1.2 MiB desc: d-10x32 KiB, 2x48 KiB; i-12x64
    KiB L2: 10 MiB desc: 5x2 MiB L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/4300:3600:2100 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 400 4: 400
    5: 400 6: 400 7: 400 8: 400 9: 400 10: 400 11: 400 12: 400 13: 400 14: 400
    bogomips: 75264
  Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: old_microcode status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional;
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: BHI_DIS_S
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsa status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
  Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake-P [Intel Graphics] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915
    v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Xe-LPG process: Intel 4 (7nm+) built: 2023+
    ports: active: HDMI-A-1,eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4
    bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:7d45 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: BillionPixels USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-7:3 chip-ID: 322e:2338
    class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: MSI MP243X serial: <filter> built: 2025
    res: 1920x1080 dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2 size: 530x290mm (20.87x11.42")
    diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x1614 built: 2021 res: 1920x1200
    dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x215mm (13.54x8.46") diag: 406mm (16")
    ratio: 16:10 modes: 1920x1200
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
    device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris wayland:
    drv: iris x11: drv: iris
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.3.1-arch1.2
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (MTL)
    device-ID: 8086:7d45 memory: 29.94 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :0.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.335 layers: 2 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
    name: Intel Graphics (MTL) driver: mesa intel v: 25.3.1-arch1.2
    device-ID: 8086:7d45 surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo gpu: gputop, intel_gpu_top,
    lsgpu x11: xprop,xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake-P HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-mtl
    alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_mtl,snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:7e28 class-ID: 0401
  Device-2: Sony DualShock 4 [CUH-ZCT2x]
    driver: playstation,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-6.4:8 chip-ID: 054c:09cc class-ID: 0300
  API: ALSA v: k6.18.2-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-3: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 0000:00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:7e40 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Ethernet I219-LM driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A
    bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:550b class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno2 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: br-539e74b62cc9 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: br-74374c568f83 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-3: br-ac9ab113a6b3 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-4: br-acaf46c64379 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-5: br-e1c6b159770a state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-6: br-f6f4693bad50 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-7: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-8: veth04e7206 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-9: veth3c32528 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, sshd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-10:9 chip-ID: 8087:0026
    class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller Intel
    driver: vmd v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:7d0b rev:
    class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 237.2 GiB (49.7%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Solidgm model: SSDPFKNU512GZ
    size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 002C temp: 18.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 80 GiB size: 80 GiB (100.00%) used: 32.48 GiB (40.6%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512.7 MiB size: 511.6 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 648 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 40 GiB size: 40 GiB (100.00%) used: 11.67 GiB (29.2%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 80 GiB size: 80 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 32.48 GiB (40.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
    compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p9 maj-min: 259:9
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 34.5 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 30.66 GiB used: 4.19 GiB (13.7%)
  Processes: 439 Power: uptime: 8m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
    avail: deep wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend,
    test_resume image: 12.25 GiB services: gsd-power, power-profiles-daemon,
    upowerd Init: systemd v: 258 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1563 libs: 363 tools: gnome-software,pamac
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Compilers: clang: 21.1.6 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9

Happy Hollidays!!!

Thanks in advance!!!

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This just means that you need to remove linux-meta along with linux6.17.

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But, suposely , that must be done by system management tool automatically…i’ve been doing this since i installed Manjaro by first time around 7 years ago. And i never got this error

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AFAIK, you cannot install or remove the linux-meta package via Manjaro-Settings-Manager.

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Yes - the linux-meta package - one of @philm’s inventions to free the user of the worries of kernel maintenance.

It is used to ensure you are not using an unsupported kernel - and it automagically appear.

To get rid of it you can remove it - and since you don’t use Nvidia the following will do

sudo pacman -R linux-meta linux617
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As @jrichard326 suggests, linux-meta needs to be uninstalled first – make sure to install either of kernels 6.18 (LTS) or 6.12 (LTS) before rebooting. Having both of these kernels installed is currently the most viable option.

Regards.

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Done…solved …thanks to everyone, specially to @jrichard326 …so, for now and on everytime i install new kernel gonna need to uninstall old one manually?

Yep, you are right but what i mean it’s that i never got this error before while installing new kernels and removing old ones using Manjaro Settings Manager

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You are likely correct - the linux-meta package is not that old - I think it was created due to some incidents relating to Nvidia driver; when the kernel was removed from the rope - thus the Nvida kernel driver would get removed too - this created some hard to explain and hard to guide the user to resolve.

You can sill install a new kernel and remove the old one in the same roll - just remember to restart your system or strange events may occur.

sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux618 rmc

Only on the event that you forget - then you know why the linux-meta is there once again.

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A piece of advice: just stick to LTS kernels, like 6.18 and you will have to change again in 2 years. Otherwise - every 3 months.

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