Pacman throws up on update with: installing X breaks depency Y required by Z

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[v1n1@ttt ~]$ run0 pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
endeavouros is up to date
core is up to date
extra is up to date
multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
:: Replace lib32-sdl2 with multilib/lib32-sdl2-compat? [Y/n]
:: Replace sdl2 with extra/sdl2-compat? [Y/n]
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: installing icu (76.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicui18n.so=75-64' required by electron28
:: installing icu (76.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicuuc.so=75-64' required by electron28
:: installing flac (1.5.0-1) breaks dependency 'libFLAC.so=12-64' required by electron28
:: installing icu (76.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicui18n.so=75-64' required by electron29
:: installing icu (76.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicuuc.so=75-64' required by electron29
:: installing flac (1.5.0-1) breaks dependency 'libFLAC.so=12-64' required by electron29
:: installing icu (76.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicui18n.so=75-64' required by electron30
:: installing icu (76.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicuuc.so=75-64' required by electron30
:: installing flac (1.5.0-1) breaks dependency 'libFLAC.so=12-64' required by electron30
:: installing icu (76.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicuuc.so=75-64' required by qt5-webkit
:: installing icu (76.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicui18n.so=75-64' required by qt5-webkit
[v1n1@ttt ~]$
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Remove the electron.

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Removed some:
yay -R electron28
yay -R electron30
Because they are not used anymore (sad that pacman didn’t removed them if they were not used anymore as deps).

Results:

[v1n1@ttt ~]$ run0 pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
endeavouros is up to date
core is up to date
extra is up to date
multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
:: Replace lib32-sdl2 with multilib/lib32-sdl2-compat? [Y/n]
:: Replace sdl2 with extra/sdl2-compat? [Y/n]
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: installing icu (76.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicui18n.so=75-64' required by electron29
:: installing icu (76.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicuuc.so=75-64' required by electron29
:: installing flac (1.5.0-1) breaks dependency 'libFLAC.so=12-64' required by electron29
:: installing icu (76.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicuuc.so=75-64' required by qt5-webkit
:: installing icu (76.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicui18n.so=75-64' required by qt5-webkit
[v1n1@ttt ~]$

Cannot remove electron29 because it is used by Caprine.

[v1n1@ttt ~]$ pacman -Qi electron29
Name            : electron29
Version         : 1:29.4.6-2
Description     : Build cross platform desktop apps with web technologies
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://electronjs.org
Licenses        : MIT  BSD-3-Clause
Groups          : None
Provides        : None
Depends On      : c-ares  gcc-libs  glibc  gtk3  libgtk-3.so=0-64  libevent  libffi  libffi.so=8-64  libpulse  libpulse.so=0-64  nss  zlib  libz.so=1-64
fontconfig  libfontconfig.so=1-64  libjpeg-turbo  libjpeg.so=8-64  icu  libicui18n.so=75-64  libicuuc.so=75-64  dav1d  libdav1d.so=7-64  flac
libFLAC.so=12-64  libdrm  libxml2  libxml2.so=2-64  libwebp  libwebpdemux.so=2-64  libwebpmux.so=3-64  libwebp.so=7-64  minizip  opus
libopus.so=0-64  harfbuzz  libharfbuzz.so=0-64  libharfbuzz-subset.so=0-64  libxslt  libxslt.so=1-64  libpng  libpng16.so=16-64  freetype2
libfreetype.so=6-64
Optional Deps   : kde-cli-tools: file deletion support (kioclient5) [installed]
pipewire: WebRTC desktop sharing under Wayland [installed]
qt5-base: enable Qt5 with --enable-features=AllowQt [installed]
gtk4: for --gtk-version=4 (GTK4 IME might work better on Wayland) [installed]
trash-cli: file deletion support (trash-put)
xdg-utils: open URLs with desktop’s default (xdg-email, xdg-open) [installed]
Required By     : caprine
Optional For    : None
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : None
Installed Size  : 227.46 MiB
Packager        : Caleb Maclennan <alerque@archlinux.org>
Build Date      : 2024 m. rugsėjo 20 d. 02:18:00
Install Date    : 2024 m. rugsėjo 20 d. 12:02:41
Install Reason  : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : Signature

[v1n1@ttt ~]$
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Unistall caprine to remove electron. update system then reinstall caprine.

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Removed caprine, qt5-webkit, electron29.

Now it pacman update works.

Wish this kind of dependency tree errors would be resolved by pacman itself. Sound like something pacman should be handle on it’s own.

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Total Download Size:    6702.55 MiB
Total Installed Size:  20808.21 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:        747.91 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]

btw

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