Package Details: pamac-aur 11.7.3-3

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/pamac-aur.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: pamac-aur
Description: A Gtk frontend, Package Manager based on libalpm with AUR and Appstream support
Upstream URL: https://github.com/manjaro/pamac
Keywords: gui installer libalpm package pacman yay
Licenses: GPL-3.0-or-later
Conflicts: pamac, pamac-cli, pamac-tray-appindicator
Provides: pamac, pamac-cli
Submitter: Zeph
Maintainer: Zeph
Last Packager: Zeph
Votes: 411
Popularity: 2.60
First Submitted: 2013-12-05 12:57 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-06-23 14:02 (UTC)

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Zeph commented on 2022-06-04 13:58 (UTC) (edited on 2024-10-29 07:25 (UTC) by Zeph)

For some problems with pamac, check or create issues on

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jalejotorresm commented on 2025-06-26 00:53 (UTC) (edited on 2025-06-26 00:55 (UTC) by jalejotorresm)

[AUR] pamac-aur build fails on manpage generation (a2x/xmllint)
Summary

When building the latest pamac-aur (11.7.3-3) from the AUR using yay (or any AUR helper), the process fails during manpage generation with a2x and xmllint. The rest of the build completes with only warnings, but this error prevents installation.

Error Output
[3/9] Generating data/doc/pamac.conf.5 manpage with a custom command
FAILED: data/doc/pamac.conf.5
/usr/bin/a2x -f manpage -D data/doc ../data/doc/pamac.conf.5.asciidoc
a2x: ERROR: "xmllint" --nonet --noout --valid ".../build/data/doc/pamac.conf.5.xml" returned non-zero exit status 3

[4/9] Generating data/doc/pamac.8 manpage with a custom command
FAILED: data/doc/pamac.8
/usr/bin/a2x -f manpage -D data/doc ../data/doc/pamac.8.asciidoc
a2x: ERROR: "xmllint" --nonet --noout --valid ".../build/data/doc/pamac.8.xml" returned non-zero exit status 3

ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...
 -> error making: pamac-aur-exit status 4
 -> Failed to install the following packages. Manual intervention is required:
pamac-aur - exit status 4
Steps to Reproduce
  1. Run yay -S pamac-aur (or any AUR helper).
  2. Wait for the build to reach the manpage generation step.
  3. The error above occurs and stops the build.
Troubleshooting Tried
  • Reinstalled all dependencies: asciidoc, docbook-xml, docbook-xsl, xmlto, libxslt, libxml2
  • Verified /usr/share/xml/docbook/xml-dtd-4.5/docbookx.dtd exists
  • Tried to generate the XML manually with asciidoc -b docbook pamac.conf.5.asciidoc and validate with xmllint
  • Error persists, seems related to build process or incompatibility with recent XML tools versions.
Temporary Workarounds
  • Commenting out the a2x manpage generation lines in the PKGBUILD allows the build to complete (but no manpages are installed).
  • Alternatively, installing pamac-aur-git sometimes works, as it may not generate manpages or may be patched.
Additional Notes
  • The error happens on updated and fresh installations.
  • It does not seem to be a permissions or missing dependencies issue.
  • Occurs with multiple AUR helpers.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a proper fix or patch upstream?

Thanks for any suggestions!

Thorned_Rose commented on 2025-01-25 01:45 (UTC)

Not sure if anyone else is getting this and what is causing this issue, but the authentication box in pamac is showing in the Afrikaans language instead of my system language. Bug report here in case anyone else can add to it: https://github.com/manjaro/pamac/issues/482

Archcan_98 commented on 2024-10-31 01:31 (UTC)

Well, got the latest pamac-aur to work by [-Rns libpamac-aur pamac-aur]. Then the Arch way, first git clone libpamac-aur url + cd libpamac-aur + makepkg -si. Second, git clone pamac-aur url + cd pamac-aur + makepkg -si. All is good now except updates is not searching-working, but refresh databases updates the system ok. We are not using yay, nor any other pamac package. The given cmd line below works here and search for aur too.

lenhuppe commented on 2024-10-30 22:01 (UTC) (edited on 2024-10-30 22:16 (UTC) by lenhuppe)

Got this when running 'pamac update -a'

Synchronizing package databases...
Refreshing extra.db...                                                                                                                                
Refreshing AUR...                                                                                                                                     
cp: cannot access '/var/lib/pacman/sync/download-QEPWUS': Permission denied                                                                           
Nothing to do.
Transaction successfully finished.

raspberrian commented on 2024-10-30 20:25 (UTC) (edited on 2024-10-30 20:25 (UTC) by raspberrian)

I have noticed that Pamac is not showing AUR packages when I search for it. Any idea, or does somebody also having this issue? Already tried to renew the database a couple of times without any luck. Have YAY installed and that is showing the packages.

Jimmon89 commented on 2024-10-30 18:07 (UTC)

you shouldn't include pamac-cli as a part of this package; you should instead make this package depend on pamac-cli

the way you're doing it now makes at the very least yay vomit up its lunch if you try to install pamac-full for example, because it tries to install pamac-aur as a dependency (pamac-cli), which it's self is adding libpamac-aur as a dependency for the erroneously installed pamac-aur which then conflicts with libpamac-full, making pamac-full fail to install due to unsatisfied dependencies.

maybe i'm missing something, but at the very least, with chaotic-aur and cachyos repos as a part of my install, doing this way breaks yay with packages relying on pamac-cli

brianbrodsky12 commented on 2024-10-29 11:18 (UTC)

@vagelis thank you, your link helped me get the update installed. Removing the packages and their dependencies and Installing the removed packages did the trick for me.

vagelis commented on 2024-10-29 09:13 (UTC)

No need for all that. Empty the pamac cache build folder and it will build. https://github.com/manjaro/pamac/issues/462

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