Update not working as it should (GUI Pamac)

Basic Help & Support
1

Hi,
I use update “Add/Remove software” button. If I click on the “Updates” icon it starts updating “Checking for updates xx%” - but now it always starts with 95% and says “Your system is up to date.”

Beside this I can see on my conky there are new updates - sometimes 20-30. So If I click on the hamburger menu and “Refresh databases” option it updates the system.
Thank you

I have cleaned the cache - but nothing has changed.

2

What happens if you open a terminal and just run:

yay

?

3

Right now there is no update. I run yay in terminal.

:: Synchronizing package databases...
 maboxlinux is up to date
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 multilib is up to date
:: Searching AUR for updates...
:: Searching databases for updates...
 -> Packages not in AUR: libva-vdpau-driver  manjaro-openbox-maia  manjaro-openbox-matcha  ueberzugpp-x11
 -> Flagged Out Of Date AUR Packages: wps-office
 -> spectre-meltdown-checker: local (0.46+26+gbd0c7c9-1) is newer than AUR (0.46-1)
 there is nothing to do

I will run it when I see any new updates on my conky.

4

There are 2 updates according my conky. I run yay in terminal:

:: Synchronizing package databases...
 maboxlinux             18,5 KiB  5,33 KiB/s 00:03 [----------------------] 100%
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 multilib is up to date
:: Searching AUR for updates...
:: Searching databases for updates...
 -> Packages not in AUR: libva-vdpau-driver  manjaro-openbox-maia  manjaro-openbox-matcha  ueberzugpp-x11
 -> Flagged Out Of Date AUR Packages: wps-office
 -> spectre-meltdown-checker: local (0.46+26+gbd0c7c9-1) is newer than AUR (0.46-1)
:: 2 packages to upgrade/install.
2  maboxlinux/mabox-i18n-files  20240825-1 -> 20241221-1
1  maboxlinux/mb-jgtools        20240926-1 -> 20241221-2
==> Packages to exclude: (eg: "1 2 3", "1-3", "^4" or repo name)
 -> Excluding packages may cause partial upgrades and break systems
==>

So now - if I check with "Add/remove and after Updates button it finds the updates. But until now without terminal command or the refresh database option it wont find anything.

5

I never ever use GUI Pamac to perform update.
I think it is not possible to show updates in Pamac when pkgs database is not refreshed.

6

I beleive - but until now (6 month or so) It worked fine through GUI. I have clicked update and it updated Mabox fine.

Other linux version I use terminal.

7

Maybe it is some temporary bug in Pamac - it has a long history of bugs and fixes.
The preferred and recommended way to perform updates is doing it by command line.

8

Fine :slight_smile:
I will do as You suggest.
Thank you :slight_smile:
j