Unable to Update!

[anon11595408]

@limotux

You will notice I am reviewing all AUR packages I have and uninstalling some of them.

This shouldn’t be really necessary. Sometimes, missing ‘dependencies’ in AUR packages will catch up over time.

It is always good to look into Arch Linux AUR packages from the Arch website to determine, if one or another package is no longer actively being maintained.

So, if a package gets flagged as out-of-date, the used AUR helper (yay or paru) will mention it any way when updating your system.

[fbodymechanic]

@limotux

it was like a habit

Seems it still is.

[anon11595408]

Aren’t we all habitual habit-keepers in our (habitational) habitat?

[limotux]

@anon11595408

This shouldn’t be really necessary. Sometimes, missing ‘dependencies’ in AUR packages will catch up over time.

Well, I am looking at it as some sort of maintenance, I discovered I had something called debtap which I actuall never neede, I just installed it out of curiosity and forgot about it. Some others like virtualbox-ext-oracle, I thought I can find a way alternative to using USB disks.

[limotux]

@fbodymechanic

Seems it still is.

Maybe you didn’t see my previous post:

@limotux

[limo@asus ~]$ yay
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 endeavouros is up to date
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
 multilib is up to date
:: Searching AUR for updates...
:: Searching databases for updates...
 there is nothing to do
[limo@asus ~]$ 

You notice it is only yay!

[fbodymechanic]

One update? That’s not a habit. Being told a half dozen times in 8 months you’re still doing the same thing. . . That’s a habit. Anyone can do something once.

[limotux]

@fbodymechanic

One update? That’s not a habit.

There is always the first time!

[anon11595408]

@limotux

There is always the first time!

…and sometimes it’s every day!

[BendTheKnee]

I’m wiling to bet you it will happen again under 3 months, will you take the over bet?

[fbodymechanic]

At least. You want the over or under 1.5x?

[r0ckhopper]

At the risk of introducing more complications, you don’t even need that AUR package to have the extension. You can also download it from the Oracle website and manage / install it from within Virtualbox itself.

[limotux]

@r0ckhopper

At the risk of introducing more complications, you don’t even need that AUR package to have the extension. You can also download it from the Oracle website and manage / install it from within Virtualbox itself.

Thank you @r0ckhopper
I uninstalled it completely. I can find many other ways alternative to using USB.
I have uninstalled a few others as well (above post) and trying to find alternatives to minimise AUR usage, so I have a smother system.

[BendTheKnee]

under for sure!