"installing nvidia-utils (535.86.05-2) breaks dependency 'nvidia-utils=535.54.03' required by lib32-nvidia-utils" error when trying to update the system

General system Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware
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error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: installing nvidia-utils (535.86.05-2) breaks dependency 'nvidia-utils=535.54.03' required by lib32-nvidia-utils
 -> error installing repo packages
error installing repo packages

Hello, since sometime in July, I have been getting this error when attempting a system update.
I have tried finding a fix for this myself, but so far I have failed to do so and at this point a bunch of important system packages need updating so I decided to ask for help here.
According to threads regarding similar issues, this may be kernel related and could be resolved by switching to a different kernel, I have read that this is easily doable on EOS using AKM, however trying to install AKM: sudo pacman -S akm results in error: target not found: akm, and I am not that advanced a user to try to switch the kernel myself.

My kernel is 6.4.3-arch1-2 (64-bit), I’m using an Nvidia RTX 3060 Laptop GPU and am on X11, if any of this info is relevant.

Thank you for reading.

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This has nothing to do with the kernel and you shouldn’t need to mess with it. The problem is that the version of nvidia-utils and lib32-nvidia-utils seems to be out of sync for some reason. There is a version mismatch 535.86.05 vs 535.54.03.

The first thing that I would try would be updating your mirrors and then do a full system update sudo pacman -Syu.

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I would (if updating mirrors does not work):

yay nvidia | grep installed

To see what is installed, then

sudo pacman -Rdd <dodgy-package>
sudo pacman -S <replacement-for-dodgy-package>

Obviously not rebooting until finished. These are the 535 series I have:

28 multilib/lib32-nvidia-utils 535.86.05-1 (46.1 MiB 206.7 MiB) (Installed)
15 extra/libxnvctrl 535.86.05-1 (76.4 KiB 456.9 KiB) (Installed)
9 extra/nvidia-settings 535.86.05-1 (767.0 KiB 1.6 MiB) (Installed)
5 extra/nvidia-utils 535.86.05-2 (260.8 MiB 670.8 MiB) (Installed)
2 extra/nvidia-dkms 535.86.05-2 (42.9 MiB 69.9 MiB) (Installed)

As a guide.

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Thanks for your reply! I have done this already and it didn’t fix the issue unfortunately.

Thank you, I was able to resolve the problem with your advice!

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