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@rubin55 I will look into this change soon, thanks for your kind words

I just discovered this package is being kept up-to-date again, much happiness. Fwiw, I would like to suggest a few changes:

diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index ed175c4..91de91f 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@ arch=(any)
 url="https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j"
 license=(GPL-3.0-only)
 _java_version=21
-depends=("java-runtime=$_java_version")
+depends=("java-runtime>=$_java_version")
 makedepends=(
-  "java-environment=$_java_version"
+  "java-environment>=$_java_version"
   "maven"
 )
-conflicts=(neo4j-enterprise)
+conflicts=(neo4j-enterprise neo4j-community-bin cypher-shell)
+provides=(neo4j neo4j-community cypher-shell)
 backup=(
   etc/neo4j/neo4j-admin.conf
   etc/neo4j/neo4j.conf
@@ -41,8 +42,6 @@ sha256sums=('07f75525c36eb0c4781c5d74fd45531a5092b2533dfacbc9818eade97bf656bf'
 prepare() {
   cd $_pkgname-$pkgver

-  export JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-$_java_version-openjdk"
-  export PATH="$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH"
   mvn versions:set -DnewVersion="$pkgver"

   # Download dependencies
@@ -71,8 +70,6 @@ prepare() {
 build() {
   cd $_pkgname-$pkgver

-  export JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-$_java_version-openjdk"
-  export PATH="$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH"
   mvn \
     -Dmaven.repo.local="$srcdir/repo" \
     package -DskipTests
@@ -81,8 +78,6 @@ build() {
 check() {
   cd $_pkgname-$pkgver

-  export JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-$_java_version-openjdk"
-  export PATH="$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH"
   # Running all integration tests takes ~1 hour
   mvn \
     -Dmaven.repo.local="$srcdir/repo" \

The above diff does the following things:

• I succesfully compiled and ran all unit- and integration tests with GraalVM Java 25; hence java version can be >=21 instead of =21;
• I suggest letting the user choose however they want to java, using archlinux-java set, and don't override JAVA_HOME and PATH;
• This package (correctly!) provides cypher-shell, hence should conflict with cypher-shell AUR package, also with neo4j-community-bin;
• I suggest having a provides line that explicitly provides neo4j, neo4j-community, and cypher-shell

Thanks for the great packaging job, I'm very happy to run a from-source Neo4j.

@r4um I will look into it, thanks for reporting

2025.12.1-1 Build fails for me

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time:  3.166 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2026-01-29T09:46:15+05:30
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.14.1:compile (default-compile) on project annotations: Fatal error compiling: error: release version 21 not supported -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoExecutionException
[ERROR]
[ERROR] After correcting the problems, you can resume the build with the command
[ERROR]   mvn <args> -rf :annotations
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...

Using openjdk 21

›› java -version
openjdk version "21.0.10" 2026-01-20
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 21.0.10+7)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 21.0.10+7, mixed mode, sharing)

For anyone that needs neo4j-browser plugin I created a hook with a script to updated it and install it when the package neo4j-community updates.

The hook located at /etc/pacman.d/hooks/neo4j-browser.hook

[Trigger]
Operation = Install
Operation = Upgrade
Type = Package
Target = neo4j-community

[Action]
Description = Update Neo4j Browser JAR for neo4j-community
When = PostTransaction
Exec = /usr/local/bin/update-neo4j-browser

The script located at /usr/local/bin/update-neo4j-browser

#!/bin/sh

set -e # Exit immediately on error

# Get the Neo4j version, trimming unnecessary spaces or newlines
NEO4J_VERSION=$(neo4j --version 2>/dev/null) || {
    echo "[!] Failed to determine Neo4j version. Ensure Neo4j is installed and accessible."
    exit 1
}

# Construct the download URL
DOWNLOAD_URL="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/neo4j/client/neo4j-browser/${NEO4J_VERSION}/neo4j-browser-${NEO4J_VERSION}.jar"

# Set the plugins directory and destination file
PLUGIN_DIR="/var/lib/neo4j/plugins"
DEST_FILE="${PLUGIN_DIR}/neo4j-browser-${NEO4J_VERSION}.jar"

# Create the plugins directory if it doesn't exist
if [ ! -d "$PLUGIN_DIR" ]; then
    echo "[*] Creating plugins directory at $PLUGIN_DIR"
    mkdir -p "$PLUGIN_DIR"
    chown -R neo4j:neo4j "$PLUGIN_DIR"
    chmod -R 755 "$PLUGIN_DIR"
fi

# Download the Neo4j Browser JAR file
echo "[*] Downloading Neo4j Browser version ${NEO4J_VERSION} from ${DOWNLOAD_URL}..."
if ! curl -fsSL -o "$DEST_FILE" "$DOWNLOAD_URL"; then
    echo "Failed to download Neo4j Browser JAR from ${DOWNLOAD_URL}."
    exit 1
fi

# Set the correct permissions for the JAR file
echo "[*] Setting permissions for $DEST_FILE..."
chown neo4j:neo4j "$DEST_FILE"
chmod 755 "$DEST_FILE"

echo "[*] Neo4j Browser ${NEO4J_VERSION} installed successfully."

Remember that the script needs sudo if you run it manually else the download will fail. This is not an issue when triggered by Pacman/yay.

After starting/restarting the service sudo systemctl restart neo4j.service navigate to http://localhost:7474

for anyone who needs to download neo4j-browser you can get it from the maven repo:

https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/neo4j/client/neo4j-browser/5.24.0/

Please add neo4j-browser to this package. It doesn't make sense to install it manually.

Can we get neo4j-browser added to this? It seems that with the newer versions the browser is in a separate repo. No idea how hard that would be.

@hainkind I needed to do the same. Took me a second but I definitely think its worth mentioning for others.

i don't know if this is obvious to everyone but i had to switch my system java default to openjdk 17 via 'sudo archlinux-java set java-17-openjdk'. compile failed with a default version of 21.