Hi all. First let me say I’m a Linux newb, I only switched from windows 6 months ago. My problem is that ceph-libs won’t install on any of my manjaro machines. I have 3. One is an internet machine, the other is an HTPC, and there’s one in my garage for youtube videos while working on cars.
So that’s 3 separate machines that will not update ceph-libs for some reason. But they update everything else. On my garage machine, pamac just crashes. But on my main/internet machine that I use every day, it crashes the whole operating system. Meaning that if I try to update ceph-libs, after waiting for 2 hours for it to “build”, I get a black screen. I have to reboot the computer by holding the power button.
Something clearly doesn’t like ceph-libs. And why does it take 2 hours to build? Any help here would be greatly appreciated, thank you!
Please search the forum before posting and read the announcements. It would be 10x faster for you and instead of 35 we would only have 34 topics about ceph-libs.
So to uninstall it, the command would be “sudo pacman -Rc ceph-libs”, correct?
I’ve used that in the past for things that just wouldn’t leave. For example, SMplayer wouldn’t uninstall with the usual command because it’s freakin’ skin was dependent on it to be able to function. Ugh.
When you issue that command, you’ll see a list of packages that this command will remove from your system
should you answer “yes” to the question at the end of that list.
You can review it and then decide.
It’s not like:
you give the command and then have to hope that it actually does what you expected
You will be told the end result and asked whether that is what you want to do.
man pacman
There is a --noconfirm switch to explicitly tell pacman that you do not want to be asked for confirmation.
This switch is, obviously, to be used with great care.
No need to “patch”.
That package was once in the repo - then dependencies changed over time and the package was removed from the normal repositories to the AUR.
Since then it was already not needed anymore, but people only noticed that when the build finally failed some time later, creating the “problems” here mentioned.
"When you issue that command, you’ll see a list of packages that this command will remove from your system, should you answer “yes” to the question at the end of that list.
You didn’t say “you should”. I find it’s always best to clarify things when dealing with strangers on the internet, and especially when you don’t want to bork your OS. I’d rather be safe than sorry.
That is exactly why I told you what will happen:
you will be given a list
and the option to confirm or deny
say no and nothing will happen
say yes and what the summary tells you will happen
will happen.
Simple, no?
Only you know what result that command will yield on your system.
Usually, just that one thing will be in that list.
But I can’t know that.
So:
I could not give definitive advice - and would not anyway.
Only you know - it’s your system.
BTW
me saying “you should do this and that”
would not have magically boosted the level of trust you afford “a stranger on the internet”
would it?
… whom you asked for advice …
… I hope not
ps
leave out the -c (cascade) option in that command
if you are worried and don’t trust what the command tells you it will do
… again, it won’t do anything unless you answer “yes” … to what it tells you it will do
It WILL ask you (to confirm or deny).
No need to trust “a stranger on the internet” whom you asked for advice.
Read the manual page to learn what each option does.
If you are still sceptical whether that might be some sinister person giving you some devastating advice
… why ask “strangers” in the first place?
This (mis)trust has to end somewhere.
And you decide where that is - preferably armed with self gained knowledge instead of relying on (mis)trust.
you really still do not dare, still cannot bring yourself to, to run that command?
Then there is nothing I (or anyone, really) can do for you.
a quote from … somewhere …:
Don’t argue for your limitations
or you’ll get to keep them.
For personal educational purposes
I’d appreciate feedback on the (likely successful, from your POV) result
of running the command
or whether you decided to rather not try it, because of strangers and all that …
You should start searching, reading and learning. “I’m linux newb” isn’t an excuse, when there is literally tens of topics about this, and yet you still need it answered multiple times.
