Update failure; libxml2 (2.14.2-2)

[FrJRV]

When trying to update, I get this error message;
"could not satisfy dependencies:

• installing libxml2 (2.14.2-2) breaks dependency ‘libxml2.so=2-64’ required by rest
• if possible, remove rest and retry"
  Another thread suggested to run “sudo pacman -R lib32-rest” but that didn’t work for me; I got;
  “error: target not found: lib32-rest”
  I can’t find anything called “rest” on my system. Any idea how to fix this? thanks.

[wongs]

try removing rest itself instead of lib32-rest.

In other words,

sudo pacman -R rest

[scotty65]

@FrJRV

• installing libxml2 (2.14.2-2) breaks dependency ‘libxml2.so=2-64’ required by rest
• if possible, remove r est and retry"
  Another thread suggested to run “sudo pacman -R lib32-rest” but that didn’t work for me; I got;
  “error: target not found: lib32-rest”
  I can’t find anything called “rest” on my system. Any idea how to fix this? thanks.

Is there an actual issue to fix? rest was removed from the repos. It looks like you no longer have rest or lib32-rest on your system. This Pamac command will list any installed packages containing the text string rest in the name or description:

pamac search -i rest

If no rest packages are installed (if the result includes timeshift, that is only because it contains the word restore in its description - it is not a rest package), then you should be able to update successfully. Maybe try updating via a terminal instead of the GUI:

sudo pacman -Syu

If you encounter any errors, please post the entire output from running that command here.

[soundofthunder]

@FrJRV

• installing libxml2 (2.14.2-2) breaks dependency ‘libxml2.so=2-64’ required by rest
• if possible, remove rest and retry"

Please always paste command output as preformatted text.

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As mentioned in another topic:

@Yochanan

rest and lib32-rest were dropped from the repos and nothing requires them. They can be safely removed

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To workaroud the issue;

1. Check if rest is actually installed;

pacman -Qi rest

2. If rest is installed, remove it;

sudo pacman -Rns rest

3. Try updating again;

sudo pacman -Syu

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Note that this strategy can also be used in other cases.

Example:

A recent update attempt revealed;

:: Synchronising package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies
looking for conflicting packages...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: installing libxml2 (2.14.2-2) breaks dependency 'libxml2.so=2-64' required by electron32
:: installing libxml2 (2.14.2-2) breaks dependency 'libxml2.so=2-64' required by electron33

This was overcome by removing the electron packages;

sudo pacman -R electron32 electron33

after which the sync/update could continue normally.

I no longer needed those specific electron packages, but if I did, I could have built electron32-bin or electron33-bin from the AUR, for example.

[FrJRV]

That worked; Thanks for the help.