swh
August 7, 2026, 1:57pm
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As of today, you can find Librewolf in the extra repository.
β― pacman -Ss librewolf
extra/librewolf 153.0.3_1-1
I just received a message on the Arch mailing list. If you want to update Librewolf, just reinstall it using
sudo pacman -S librewolf
ABOUT TIME!
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β°ββ― sudo pacman -S librewolf
[sudo] password for wombat:
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
:: librewolf-153.0.3_1-1 and librewolf-bin-1:153.0.1_1-1 are in conflict. Remove librewolf-bin? [y/N] y
Package (2) Old Version New Version Net Change Download Size
librewolf-bin 1:153.0.1_1-1 -449.17 MiB
extra/librewolf 153.0.3_1-1 285.81 MiB 78.14 MiB
Total Download Size: 78.14 MiB
Total Installed Size: 285.81 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: -163.36 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
:: Retrieving packages...
librewolf-153.0.3_1-1-x86_64 78.1 MiB 31.4 MiB/s 00:02 [--------------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking keys in keyring [--------------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity [--------------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) loading package files [--------------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [--------------------------------------------------] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) removing librewolf-bin [--------------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) installing librewolf [--------------------------------------------------] 100%
Optional dependencies for librewolf
hunspell-dictionary: Spell checking
libnotify: Notification integration [installed]
networkmanager: Location detection via available WiFi networks [installed]
speech-dispatcher: Text-to-Speech
xdg-desktop-portal: Screensharing with Wayland [installed]
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/3) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(2/3) Updating icon theme caches...
(3/3) Updating the desktop file MIME type cache...
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Thanks for sharing the news, @swh !
swh
August 7, 2026, 2:08pm
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Youβre welcome
Yeah, thatβs right, itβs about time. They just need someone to maintain the package.
Great to know, thank you. Will do what Uncle did, later.
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@UncleSpellbinder @swh did either of you uninstall aur librewolf-bin?
Well I donβt know but to me it looks like at least someone did
looking for conflicting packages...
:: librewolf-153.0.3_1-1 and librewolf-bin-1:153.0.1_1-1 are in conflict. Remove librewolf-bin? [y/N] y
that answered my question
The profile remains untouched?!
swh
August 8, 2026, 5:20pm
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Yes.
I have deinstalled librewolf-bin and the installed librewolf. If you want, you can move the .librewolf folders and then move back
Yes. Librewolf launched with the exact same settings intact. Same profile.
Whilst I noticed it on the archlinux.org main page in the top right recent updates I thought it was a mistake so googled it and found your post on another forum during the outage it was a little slice of homeβ¦
hmm, when you start it, do you notice a kinda of lag loading the profile?
Nope. No change at all. Loads immediately.
swh:
As of today, you can find Librewolf in the extra repository.
β― pacman -Ss librewolf
extra/librewolf 153.0.3_1-1
I just received a message on the Arch mailing list. If you want to update Librewolf, just reinstall it using
sudo pacman -S librewolf
Currently, as of this posting, Iβm not finding librewolf in the extra repository.
Refresh your mirrors. Itβs availableβ¦
I refresh my mirrors with this:
reflector --protocol https --verbose --latest 25 --sort rate | sudo tee /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
Interesting. Refreshed mirrors (both Arch and EOS - via the EOS Welcome panel) and even rebooted for good luck⦠no dice. Not any response with sudo pacman -Ss librewolf
I couldnβt see it either until Iβd done a system update but maybe that was just coincidence.
Odd.
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β°ββ― sudo pacman -Ss librewolf
extra/librewolf 153.0.3_1-4 [installed]
Community-maintained fork of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom
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Itβs definitely there, I just checked!
Not sure what a system update means (do you mean sudo pacman -Syu?) but I just rebooted having updated the mirrors and am still getting no reply from sudo pacman -Ss librewolf. Just an empty terminal prompt right back at me.
Getting weird here. I lost my mojo.