Two things come to mind. First check that all repos are sync (and force sync if possible). And secondly, the package is in AUR (en) - python2-pytest, can you check have you installed in your system any of the packages for which, python2-pytest is a dependency?
thank you for your advice. no, it seems I have not installed python2-pytest from AUR either.
one thing is strange: when I sync/ update like this
sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community 7,0 MiB 8,69 MiB/s 00:01 [######################] 100%
multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
warning: python-pyqt5: local (5.15.6-7.1) is newer than extra (5.15.6-7)
warning: sndio: local (20180120-1) is newer than community (1.8.1-1)
there is nothing to do
there is “nothing to do”,
but when i i click on the package manager gui, it tells me i have 19 updates and they are all python… maybe i did some weird python install in the past or something…
Yes, but I think that is being pulled as a dependency for some other package that you have installed. That’s why I ask, not for that package, but for the packages that requires it.
That is not strange but points to AUR package updates: pacman doesn’t do AUR and therefore has no updates.
What you refer to as “package manager gui” is actually called pamac and it can do AUR as well if set up as such.
yes, I got it solved with help from all of you. I managed to deinstall python2-automat and then went from there package by package and deinstalled with the dependend programs. Thanks !!