# Cannot install lib32-libelf

**URL:** <https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cannot-install-lib32-libelf/62108>\
**Category:** Pacman & AUR helpers\
**Created:** [October 21, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cannot-install-lib32-libelf/62108 "2024-10-21T15:17:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Kelltech](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/kelltech/32/78647_2.png) [@Kelltech](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Kelltech)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cannot-install-lib32-libelf/62108/1 "2024-10-21T15:17:03Z")

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I was having some conflicts updating due to `lib32-libelf` so I updated mirrors and tried again but no luck. I then tried reinstalling `libelf`, disabled `multilib repository` (enabled it again after testing), and finally removed `lib32-libelf` to try and reinstall. Now I see this when trying to reinstall:

```auto
sudo pacman -S lib32-libelf
resolving dependencies...
warning: cannot resolve "libelf=0.192", a dependency of "lib32-libelf"
:: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
      lib32-libelf

:: Do you want to skip the above package for this upgrade? [y/N] y
looking for conflicting packages...
 there is nothing to do

```

Also searched Endeavour and Arch forums for help, but nothing I can find has been the answer. I appreciate a bit of help with this.

[inxi -FAZ](https://dpaste.com/E52SMTQFA)

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**Author:** ![1093i3511](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/1093i3511/32/102376_2.png) [@1093i3511](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/1093i3511)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cannot-install-lib32-libelf/62108/2 "2024-10-21T15:49:42Z")

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libelf 0.192-1 is currently only available via `core-testing` and lib32-libelf in `multilib-testing` respectively.

libelf 0.191-4 is flagged as out of date since saturday in `core`. And there is a version mismatch to the multilib package lib32-libelf 0.191-1. But that doesn’t seems to be an issue.

libelf is actually part of libutils, thus you could try to resolve that dependency by removing lib32-libelf as well as libutils and reinstalling them.

Have you included any of the testing repos ?

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**Author:** ![Kelltech](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/kelltech/32/78647_2.png) [@Kelltech](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Kelltech)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cannot-install-lib32-libelf/62108/3 "2024-10-21T20:58:50Z")

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> [@1093i3511](#):
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> Have you included any of the testing repos ?

Yes, I see `[multilib-testing]` is in use in my `pacman.conf`

I’ll give your suggestion a try also.

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**Author:** ![dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/dalto/32/5577_2.png) [@dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/dalto)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cannot-install-lib32-libelf/62108/4 "2024-10-21T21:00:18Z")

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Can you share your pacman.conf?

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**Author:** ![Kelltech](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/kelltech/32/78647_2.png) [@Kelltech](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Kelltech)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cannot-install-lib32-libelf/62108/5 "2024-10-21T21:04:02Z")

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> [@dalto](#):
>
> Can you share your pacman.conf?

Yes, hopefully copy/paste is acceptable. 😆  
An experienced look at this may be very helpful because this is what happened when I tried to remove or install `libutils`:

```auto
[kelltech@kelltech-delta1 ~]$ sudo pacman -R libutils
error: target not found: libutils
[kelltech@kelltech-delta1 ~]$ sudo pacman -S libutils
error: target not found: libutils

```

```auto
#
# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives

#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir = /
#DBPath = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log
#GPGDir = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
#HookDir = /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
HoldPkg = pacman glibc dracut kernel-install-for-dracut eos-dracut
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -L -C - -f -o %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
Architecture = auto

#IgnorePkg =
#IgnorePkg =
#IgnoreGroup =

#NoUpgrade =
#NoExtract =

# Misc options
#UseSyslog
Color
ILoveCandy
#NoProgressBar
#CheckSpace
VerbosePkgLists
ParallelDownloads = 5
DownloadUser = alpm
#DisableSandbox

# By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
# trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.
SigLevel = Required DatabaseOptional
LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
#RemoteFileSigLevel = Required

# NOTE: You must run `pacman-key --init` before first using pacman; the local
# keyring can then be populated with the keys of all official Arch Linux
# packagers with `pacman-key --populate archlinux`.

#
# REPOSITORIES
# - can be defined here or included from another file
# - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
# - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
# - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
# have identical names, regardless of version number
# - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
# - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
#
# Repository entries are of the format:
# [repo-name]
# Server = ServerName
# Include = IncludePath
#
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
#

# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.

[endeavouros]
SigLevel = PackageRequired
Include = /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist

#[core-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[core]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

#[extra-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# If you want to run 32 bit applications on your x86_64 system,
# enable the multilib repositories as required here.

[multilib-testing]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# An example of a custom package repository. See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs

```

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**Author:** ![dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/dalto/32/5577_2.png) [@dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/dalto)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cannot-install-lib32-libelf/62108/6 "2024-10-21T21:06:04Z")

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You should enable all the testing repos or none of them. You shouldn’t enable _only_ multilib testing.

If you do, you can have dependency mismatches.

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**Author:** ![1093i3511](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/1093i3511/32/102376_2.png) [@1093i3511](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/1093i3511)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cannot-install-lib32-libelf/62108/7 "2024-10-21T21:19:20Z")

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Generally it’s not advised to use the testing repositories at all.

That has been the reason for the unresolved dependency in the first place.

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**Author:** ![Kelltech](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/kelltech/32/78647_2.png) [@Kelltech](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Kelltech)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cannot-install-lib32-libelf/62108/8 "2024-10-21T21:33:39Z")

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> [@dalto](#):
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> If you do, you can have dependency mismatches.

> [@1093i3511](#):
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> That has been the reason for the unresolved dependency in the first place.

Problem solved, thank you both! I disabled all testing repos and updated mirrors, reinstalled `lib32-libelf` all is well. 👏

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9ea52f9fd5ef8e609e593c362d61a36295f48be8.png) [@system](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cannot-install-lib32-libelf/62108/9 "2024-10-23T21:34:23Z")

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