Multiple failed installations and Got "The package manager could not make changes to the installed system. The command <pre>pacman</pre> returned error code 1." error

General system EndeavourOS installation
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while installing EOS Cassini nova from the iso → EndeavourOS-2023-09-15_00-09-iso (from the weekly iso releases), i get the error:

2023-10-20 - 20:04:41 [1]: void Calamares::ViewManager::onInstallationFailed(const QString&, const QString&)
    ERROR: Installation failed: "Package Manager error" 
2023-10-20 - 20:04:41 [6]:     .. - message: "Package Manager error" 
2023-10-20 - 20:04:41 [6]:     .. - details: The package manager could not make changes to the installed system. The command <pre>pacman</pre> returned error code 1.
2023-10-20 - 20:04:41 [6]: void Calamares::ViewManager::onInstallationFailed(const QString&, const QString&)
    Calamares will quit when the dialog closes. 
2023-10-20 - 20:04:41 [6]: QML Component (default slideshow) deactivated
2023-10-20 - 20:04:41 [6]: void Config::doNotify(bool, bool)
    Notification not sent; completion: failed

The log generated: https://termbin.com/08n9

I tried installing EOS using the default ISO offered on website. But after repeated failures, i tried it with this weekly iso build.
Though the latter worked better than the first iso, but it eventually failed at 96% installation with the above error.

Can someone please help me with this. I am new to Arch.
Thank you!

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Welcome at the purple fun :enos:
first think is that you have selected xfce4 and kde Desktop to be both installed… better not to do that.

The issue that let the install itself fail is a package name change from solid → solid5 if you install KDE open the package list on the packages screen and unselect solid in the list …

Seems you do not get the hotfix we send out hour ago… can happen if you can not access github or gitlab or both…

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ah just saw… this needs to get the hotfix added too… i can do this now…

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should be hotfixed now you can try again with the weekly rebuild…

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Thanks for the quick response.
Shall i use the same weekly build i.e. EndeavourOS-2023-09-15_00-09-iso?

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what was the issue with release ISO?
If it was the same failing with pacman error it is mostlikely the same issue only that the hotfix was not applied to the release ISO when you tried it… but take the weekly rebuild it is the same.

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The same issue with the release ISO too.
Hence i tried using the weekly build iso.

Anyways Thank you so much for your time. Let me try to reinstall it again.

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Let me know if it is working now!
I just tested with both ISOS and it is working here again.

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Thanks a lot!! it finally worked.
I removed “solid” from installation list and it worked.

Honestly i was a lil hesitant on installing an arch based distro thinking of toxic arch communities.
But EOS community seems really helpful.
Eagerly looking forward to learn more and more about arch and EOS!!!
Thanks.

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Yes we do work hard on keeping it that friendly!
Sorry for the inconvenience you do simply fall into one of the little rolling release traps with us…

But as you can see we do our best to resolve these as fast as we can.

I hope you will enjoy your journey with us… and indeed feel free to ask, we do not know stupid questions here…

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