Metis package can't update

[Mangustis]

Hi,

I have pinebook with Manjaro OS. I have metis version 5.1.0.p10-2 and notification for available update to 5.1.0.p11-1. But when I try to update it I have result below:

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reparing...
Synchronizing package databases...
Cloning metis build files...
Generating metis information...
Checking metis dependencies...
Resolving dependencies...
Checking inter-conflicts...
Download of inetutils (2.3-1) started
Download of inetutils (2.3-1) finished
Checking keyring...
Checking integrity...
Loading packages files...
Checking file conflicts...
Checking available disk space...
Installing inetutils (2.3-1)...
Running post-transaction hooks...
Reloading system manager configuration...
Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
Updating the info directory file...

Building metis...
==> ERROR: metis is not available for the 'aarch64' architecture.

What's a problem, how to fix it?

[robocone]

The metis package is coming from the AUR https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/metis

AUR packages use a file called a PKGBUILD which has instructions to build the package. In this case, the metis PKGBUILD has the line

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arch=(x86_64)

meaning it only supports the x86_64 architecture.

If you want to build it you can try from the command line

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sudo pamac build metis

Then when prompted press 'e' to edit the package build. You can edit the line above to

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arch=(any)

then see how you go. You might need to make further changes to get the build to succeed on arm64.


Personally I would try to configure my update utility not to automatically upgrade from the AUR.

If you want to update just the pacman packages you can run

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sudo pacman -Syu