(11-11-2020, 03:48 AM)kern707 Wrote: Hello to all,

I am completely new to the PinePhone, and also to Manjaro :-) and I was wondering, how can I verify if my device is currently running on the latest stable release of Manjaro?

I have seen the "Software" app, where there is an "Updates" tab, there I could initially (after first using the PinePhone out of the box) find some updates and install them (one update was related to a system update - not sure if that means an update of Manjaro it self?)

How is the OS update process is being done with Manjaro on the PinePhone, via the "Software" app's "Updates" functionality ? or do I need to manually invoke it via terminal using some commands?

Right now when going to "Software", under the "Updates" tab and refreshing, I am getting the message that all of my software is up-to-date, does that also cover the Manjaro distro it self?


Any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks in advanced.

(11-11-2020, 05:07 AM)threepwood Wrote: You can follow the process of the development here: https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-arm-beta2-with-phosh-pinephone/36766

(11-11-2020, 05:04 AM)rocket2nfinity Wrote:

(11-11-2020, 03:48 AM)kern707 Wrote: Hello to all,

I am completely new to the PinePhone, and also to Manjaro :-) and I was wondering, how can I verify if my device is currently running on the latest stable release of Manjaro?

I have seen the "Software" app, where there is an "Updates" tab, there I could initially (after first using the PinePhone out of the box) find some updates and install them (one update was related to a system update - not sure if that means an update of Manjaro it self?)

How is the OS update process is being done with Manjaro on the PinePhone, via the "Software" app's "Updates" functionality ? or do I need to manually invoke it via terminal using some commands?

Right now when going to "Software", under the "Updates" tab and refreshing, I am getting the message that all of my software is up-to-date, does that also cover the Manjaro distro it self?


Any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks in advanced.

Manjaro for Pinephone is on the unstable branch if i recall (at least for Lomiri and Plasma builds) so packages will be 'newer' than stable - thus up to date. You can change to another branch but i wouldn't do that yet until the developers say to. There are patches making things work not yet in stable. Manjaro Phosh could be on stable. Manjaro and Arch are rolling releases. If there's nothing new in updates, then you have the latest.

Manjaro and Arch use pacman as a package manager. Pamac is the graphical front end for it. You can install mainline packages directly via using pacman from the terminal. For instance: sudo pacman -S anbox   to install anbox. Don't forget to install the anbox image as well to run android apps.

https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=Switching_Branches

(11-13-2020, 07:00 PM)digitalmouse Wrote: At least you don't have to regularly type 'apt update && apt upgrade', or their equivalent pacman commands in this case, all the time.