# How to fix new Pamac 6.0-Add/Remove Software GUI not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Newbie\ **Created:** [June 6, 2021, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-to-fix-new-pamac-6-0-add-remove-software-gui-not-working/14964 "2021-06-06T04:27:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ahmed\_Anis](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ahmed_anis/32/29489_2.png) [@Ahmed\_Anis](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Ahmed_Anis)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-to-fix-new-pamac-6-0-add-remove-software-gui-not-working/14964/1 "2021-06-06T04:27:15Z")
Hey everyone šŸ‘‹ If you still struggle with Pamac 6.0 ā€¦ Becuz of the recent update āŒPamac Add/Remove software still dead āŒOr Pamac-manager in terminal complain about that pesky lib file (or whatever that damn thing is called). Still fairly new world of Arch mind you Wellā€¦ I was about to say screw it lets just TimeShift backā€¦ Maybe uninstall rebuild Yay/Pamac as suggested around But I saw someone in manjaro forum suggesting copying the missing lib filesā€¦ So I said hey lets give it a shot. nothing to lose if things blow up got Timeshift back up Iā€™m pleased to let you know Everything in Endavour OS is in order nowā€¦ šŸ˜ƒ Note: Iā€™am still new to world of Archā€¦ so not sure if this is the most elegant solutionā€¦ well share anyway if you still stuck hope it will help you outā€‹šŸ‘‡ _ **MODERATION NOTE: Link to commercial content removed.** _ ---
**Author:** ![Kresimir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/kresimir/32/73739_2.png) [@Kresimir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Kresimir)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 6:00am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-to-fix-new-pamac-6-0-add-remove-software-gui-not-working/14964/2 "2021-06-06T06:00:26Z")
You are effectively downgrading your libraries but not letting your package manager know you did so. This is a good way to break your installation. Just use pacman, like it is intended. GUI package managers are not supported on Arch. Welcome to the forum. ---
**Author:** ![shivanandvp](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/shivanandvp/32/24915_2.png) [@shivanandvp](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/shivanandvp)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 6:50am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-to-fix-new-pamac-6-0-add-remove-software-gui-not-working/14964/3 "2021-06-06T06:50:16Z")
As @Kresimir said, youā€™re effectively downgrading the library. However, doing it manually instead of doing it through a package manager means other packages which depend on the latest `libalpm` may not work as intended (which includes pacman 6). This breakage is precisely what package managers are designed to prevent. If you really wish to downgrade the library, youā€™re better off doing it through pacman/yay/paru or through a tool called `downgrade`. If you wish to keep the parallel download feature that comes with pacman 6, you may want to replace pamac with something else: like `bauh` or `tkpacman` (both are GUI package managers, but `bauh` seems to be more feature rich). ---
**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:** [June 6, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-to-fix-new-pamac-6-0-add-remove-software-gui-not-working/14964/4 "2021-06-06T12:41:36Z")
If I am being honest, I canā€™t understand why anyone would risk breaking their system to this degree when you consider: - It is a graphical package manager, not a tool you need to use constantly - It will be fixed if you wait for Manjaro to catch up - There are many alternatives, graphical, tui and/or cli to choose from in the interim ---
**Author:** ![ReemZ](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/reemz/32/20301_2.png) [@ReemZ](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ReemZ)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-to-fix-new-pamac-6-0-add-remove-software-gui-not-working/14964/5 "2021-06-06T12:48:45Z")
Must login to read. Donā€™t post sites like that here, please, information should be open. Also: that method is horrible. @Dalto: lock and unlist? This is terrible advice. ---
**Author:** ![Ahmed\_Anis](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ahmed_anis/32/29489_2.png) [@Ahmed\_Anis](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Ahmed_Anis)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-to-fix-new-pamac-6-0-add-remove-software-gui-not-working/14964/6 "2021-06-06T22:29:48Z")
Hey [ReemZ](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ReemZ) just checked the Minds link unlogged ā€¦ bugger wasnā€™t aware you got to log to readā€¦ I take that back Hereā€¦ Posting the manjaro thread mentioned > **[\[archlinux\] pamac cannot be build against libalpm 13 provided by pacman 6.0...](https://gitlab.manjaro.org/applications/pamac/-/issues/1047)** > > Hello. For now, pacman 6.0 is in testing. It won't be on archlinux stable before a few days, but I think getting some infos on pamac... & thanks [Kresimir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Kresimir)for the head-up. I revised the manajro thread & I see this was a fatal mistake. Thatā€™s why I made a little disclaimer towards the end that Iā€™m not the expertā€¦ Pretty new to Endeavor ( some Manjaro background). So I donā€™t become responsible if it brakes someoneā€™s system if this turns out to be a bad move Anyway Iā€™ll Timeshift back to revese that Lib thing when I get homeā€¦ Hopefully i didnā€™t severely damage the system Thanks for the valuable feedbacks folks (still an ARCH apprentice here)ā€¦ Feel free to withdraw this thread before someone with less experience try this outā€¦ and end up unforunately wrecking their system with this bad approach Cheers ---
**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:** [June 6, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-to-fix-new-pamac-6-0-add-remove-software-gui-not-working/14964/7 "2021-06-06T23:18:28Z")
@jonathon made an AUR package to achieve the same thing you were trying to achieve but in safer manner. I would reinstall pacman to upgrade it again and then try installing this: [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libalpm12/](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libalpm12/)