[Unstable Update] February 2026

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@omano

For a later note, use pacman properly, with -Syu so you’re updating the database if needed, there is no real reason, especially when troubleshooting a problem, to install packages without proper DB check beforehand. Don’t create more problems by ignoring the proper command.

It’s just someone’s idea of best practice.

There’s no real reason to update just to install something (unless there’s a newer version, in which case you’ll get a 404 error).

I have literally never updated just to install (unless I got a 404), in 17yrs+ of using Arch and Manjaro.

_EDIT:

Took me a while to find this link.

To Upgrade or Not To Upgrade when Installing a package on Manjaro Linux

To Upgrade or Not To Upgrade When installing a package on Manjaro Linux, the wiki says pacman -Syu <pkgname>. This has been adapted from the Arch Wiki because it is valid for Manjaro Linux as well. [Arch Wiki Warning] Installing a package Don’t get this wrong. It is perfectly fine to install a package using the --sync argument (or the short version -S). sudo pacman -S foo The exact version of the package is then read from the local sync metadata /var/lib/pacman/sync which will return somet…