For a couple of days Pamac refuses to update packages.
Pamac-gtk shows the message: preparing…and stays this way.
I removed Pamac-gtk and installed Pamac-aur-git, but to no avail.
Now the message says that another package manager is active.
Is this a bug?
Try closing your session, opening it after.
Then, try this command line, it will remove pacman lock file:
sudo rm -f /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
Try to update using pamac…
I know about the db.lck file but there is no such file.
$ pamac update
Bezig met voorbereiden...
==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.manjaro.pamac.commit ====
Voer je wachtwoord in om pakketten te installeren, updaten of verwijderen
Authenticating as: richard
Password:
==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ====
Bezig met wachten op het afsluiten van een andere pakketbeheerder...
Meaning, waiting for shutting down another package manager.
Which version of pamac-aur-git are you using?
Mine - homemade - which is one day old:
fred@fredo-arch-mate ~ % pacman -Qi pamac-aur-git
Name : pamac-aur-git
Version : 9.4.0rc3.r13.g987a4d6-1
Description : A Gtk3 frontend for libalpm - git version
Architecture : x86_64
URL : https://gitlab.manjaro.org/applications/pamac
Licenses : GPL3
Groups : None
Provides : pamac
Depends On : dbus-glib vte3>=0.38 libnotify pacman>=5.2 pacman<5.3
appstream-glib archlinux-appstream-data
libappindicator-gtk3 git
Optional Deps : polkit-gnome: needed for authentification in Cinnamon, Gnome
lxsession: needed for authentification in Xfce, LXDE etc.
pamac-aur-tray-appindicator-git: tray icon for KDE
Required By : None
Optional For : None
Conflicts With : pamac-aur
Replaces : None
Installed Size : 2.63 MiB
Packager : Frederic Bezies <fredbezies@gmail.com>
Build Date : Sat Mar 14 14:19:13 2020
Install Date : Sat Mar 14 14:20:09 2020
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Validated By : None
What’s yours?
And my pamac update output:
fred@fredo-arch-mate ~ % pamac update
Preparing...
==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.manjaro.pamac.commit ====
Authentication is required to install, update, or remove packages
Authenticating as: Frederic Bezies (fred)
Password:
==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ====
Synchronisation des bases de données des paquets...
Warning: ldb: ignoring package upgrade (1:1.5.6-2 => 1:2.0.7-1)
Warning: libwbclient: ignoring package upgrade (4.10.10-2 => 4.11.3-1)
Warning: samba: ignoring package upgrade (4.10.10-2 => 4.11.3-1)
Warning: smbclient: ignoring package upgrade (4.10.10-2 => 4.11.3-1)
Nothing to do.
Transaction successfully finished.
Oops I had accidentaly installed Pamac-cli…
I removed this one and installed pamac-aur-git, but still have the same message when trying to update.
$ pacman -Qi pamac-aur-git
Naam : pamac-aur-git
Versie : 9.4.0rc3.r14.g1686977-1
Beschrijving : A Gtk3 frontend for libalpm - git version
Architectuur : x86_64
URL : https://gitlab.manjaro.org/applications/pamac
Licenties : GPL3
Groepen : Geen
Voorziet : pamac
Is Afhankelijk Van : dbus-glib vte3>=0.38 libnotify pacman>=5.2
pacman<5.3 appstream-glib
archlinux-appstream-data libappindicator-gtk3
git
Optionele Afhankelijkheden : polkit-gnome: needed for authentification in
Cinnamon, Gnome [geïnstalleerd]
lxsession: needed for authentification in Xfce,
LXDE etc.
pamac-aur-tray-appindicator-git: tray icon for KDE
Vereist Door : Geen
Optioneel Voor : Geen
Conflicteert Met : pamac-aur
Vervangt : Geen
Geïnstalleerde Grootte : 2,63 MiB
Packager : Unknown Packager
Creatiedatum : zo 15 mrt 2020 09:51:22 CET
Installatiedatum : zo 15 mrt 2020 12:47:44 CET
Installatiereden : Expliciet geïnstalleerd
Installatiescript : Ja
Gevalideerd Door : Geen
type or paste c$ pamac update
Bezig met voorbereiden...
==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.manjaro.pamac.commit ====
Voer je wachtwoord in om pakketten te installeren, updaten of verwijderen
Authenticating as: richard
Password:
==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ====
Bezig met wachten op het afsluiten van een andere pakketbeheerder...
Where do you get your pamac-aur-gits?
This is what it is in the AUR pages:
As it is a git package with source grabbed from pamac repository, rXY part can be bigger than the one on AUR.
Right, thanks!
Can’t find another active package manager… 
Pacman runs fine…
$ sudo pacman -Syu
[sudo] wachtwoord voor richard:
:: Pakket-databases synchroniseren...
core 135,1 KiB 1228 KiB/s 00:00 [----------------------] 100%
extra 1639,7 KiB 1215 KiB/s 00:01 [----------------------] 100%
community 4,8 MiB 1208 KiB/s 00:04 [----------------------] 100%
multilib is up-to-date
endeavouros 11,6 KiB 1157 KiB/s 00:00 [----------------------] 100%
:: Volledige systeemsupgrade starten...
waarschuwing:xfce4-power-manager: pakket-upgrade (1.6.5-2 => 1.6.6-1) wordt genegeerd
afhankelijkheden oplossen...
zoeken naar conflicterende pakketten...
Pakketten (12) binutils-2.34-2 elfutils-0.178-2 gcc-9.3.0-1 gcc-libs-9.3.0-1
glibc-2.31-2 libelf-0.178-2 libtool-2.4.6+42+gb88cebd5-11
linux-5.5.9.arch1-2 linux-headers-5.5.9.arch1-2
linux-lts-5.4.25-2 linux-lts-headers-5.4.25-2
webkit2gtk-2.28.0-3
Totale Download Grootte: 276,16 MiB
Totale Geïnstalleerde Grootte: 840,62 MiB
Netto Upgrade Grootte: 3,99 MiB
And so does yay…
$ yay
:: Pakket-databases synchroniseren...
core is up-to-date
extra is up-to-date
community is up-to-date
multilib is up-to-date
endeavouros 11,6 KiB 1157 KiB/s 00:00 [----------------------] 100%
:: Volledige systeemsupgrade starten...
waarschuwing:xfce4-power-manager: pakket-upgrade (1.6.5-2 => 1.6.6-1) wordt genegeerd
afhankelijkheden oplossen...
zoeken naar conflicterende pakketten...
Pakketten (12) binutils-2.34-2 elfutils-0.178-2 gcc-9.3.0-1 gcc-libs-9.3.0-1
glibc-2.31-2 libelf-0.178-2 libtool-2.4.6+42+gb88cebd5-11
linux-5.5.9.arch1-2 linux-headers-5.5.9.arch1-2
linux-lts-5.4.25-2 linux-lts-headers-5.4.25-2
webkit2gtk-2.28.0-3
Totale Download Grootte: 276,16 MiB
Totale Geïnstalleerde Grootte: 840,62 MiB
Netto Upgrade Grootte: 3,99 MiB
:: Doorgaan met de installatie? [J/n]
systemctl status pamac ?
dont know exact the name =-) see systemctl list-unit-files | grep pamac
pamac-cleancache.service static disabled
pamac-daemon.service static disabled
pamac-cleancache.timer enabled disabled
What does the following command show:
ls -l /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
@FredBezies already indicated this probably is the problem.
systemctl status pamac-daemon.service is maybe what you are looking for?
yes
On mine it is inactive and Pamac works fine.
it does only care on boot services , loads the databases at startup to load faster intoo pamac. its not a service thats loads continuosly. and stil pamac is not pacman , but you have to look also in the system monitor howmany of those service are loaded as example https://forum.manjaro.org/t/pamac-is-telling-me-that-it-is-waiting-for-another-package-manager-to-quit-but-no-other-package-managers-are-open/78848
but probably a pamac Quirk…
Did you restart the computer and then try it. I am using pamac-aur-git and when ever this issue has happened i just restart the computer first before trying to remove the db.lck file. Pamac has been working fine for me.
It is loaded by pamac on-demand. If you launch pamac-manager you should see that it is running.
Like I said before, there is no such file.
And this is the deamon…
$ systemctl status pamac-daemon.service
● pamac-daemon.service - Pamac Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/pamac-daemon.service; static; vend>
Active: active (running) since Sun 2020-03-15 09:25:12 CET; 9h ago
Main PID: 1789 (pamac-daemon)
Tasks: 4 (limit: 4598)
Memory: 2.6M
CGroup: /system.slice/pamac-daemon.service
└─1789 /usr/bin/pamac-daemon
mrt 15 09:25:12 richard-pc systemd[1]: Starting Pamac Daemon...
mrt 15 09:25:12 richard-pc systemd[1]: Started Pamac Daemon.
mrt 15 12:45:34 richard-pc systemd[1]: pamac-daemon.service: Current command va>
@Lemon
Do you set the parallel downloads to 0
