# Steam and pacman failed to connect but some other applications are file

**URL:** <https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/steam-and-pacman-failed-to-connect-but-some-other-applications-are-file/69331>\
**Category:** Pacman & AUR helpers\
**Created:** [March 22, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/steam-and-pacman-failed-to-connect-but-some-other-applications-are-file/69331 "2025-03-22T14:11:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![thefrog](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/thefrog/32/114250_2.png) [@thefrog](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/thefrog)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/steam-and-pacman-failed-to-connect-but-some-other-applications-are-file/69331/2 "2025-03-22T14:43:23Z")

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> [@Nasha](#):
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> When looking at the Arch wiki I saw this [Pacman/Tips\_and\_tricks](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Tips_and_tricks#Removing_unused_packages_(orphans)) and to keep my system “clean” I ran the commands

For best practice you should follow these threads for helping to maintain your System

> [@A Complete Idiot's Guide To Endeavour OS Maintenance / Update / Upgrade](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/a-complete-idiots-guide-to-endeavour-os-maintenance-update-upgrade/25184):
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> I’m a complete idiot - so here’s my guide for you! It has been asked a lot, and fairly frequently recently it seems, especially by new Endeavour/new to Linux users. It was recently asked that I post how I update - so here it is. “How do I maintain / update / upgrade my system?!? Help!!” This is my maintenance plan. I have been using the same install for almost 2 years now without any major issue. I’m VERY aware there’s more than one way to do this. And most importantly - Many of these c…

and

> [@How to run a stress-free EndeavourOS](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-to-run-a-stress-free-endeavouros/49769):
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> I have spent a lot of time over the last 8 years helping people fix their broken systems and seeing people constantly describe how much trouble it is to keep their Arch-based systems running. Meanwhile, even though I run many systems with different configs, I never actually have these problems myself.1 I have helped people with so many obscure issues that if I ever did have issues with systems failing after an update I could fix them myself without too much trouble in most cases. However, I d…

Since I have no Idea what was removed you could start by posting your pacman.log  
To learn how to include log files check this out  
[https://discovery.endeavouros.com/forum-log-tool-options/how-to-include-systemlogs-in-your-post/2021/03/](https://discovery.endeavouros.com/forum-log-tool-options/how-to-include-systemlogs-in-your-post/2021/03/)

I’m not sure if it would be better to try and reinstall the things you removed you may need or to just do a fresh install and stop running commands you have no Idea of what they do just blindly.

you may need to rebuild your keys as well from what It appears  
[https://discovery.endeavouros.com/signature-and-keyring/pacman-keyring-issues/2021/03/](https://discovery.endeavouros.com/signature-and-keyring/pacman-keyring-issues/2021/03/)

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