I got this error when I run pacman -Syu this morning:
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: installing kio5 (5.111.0-1) breaks dependency 'kio' required by kipi-plugins
:: installing kxmlgui5 (5.111.0-1) breaks dependency 'kxmlgui' required by libkipi
:: installing kservice5 (5.111.0-1) breaks dependency 'kservice' required by libkipi
:: installing kcoreaddons5 (5.111.0-1) breaks dependency 'kcoreaddons' required by libmediawiki-git
I think it’s not my fault. Should I wait or find a solution myself?
huh, turns out these moved to aur ages ago, as apps like gwenview and spectacle stopped using these. So “older” KDE/Plasma installations might have these unnescessary packages still laying about.
Thanks for the heads up!
Removing orphaned dependencies every once in a while is a good idea. If these were installed as dependencies and are not dependencies anymore, this would get rid of them.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Tips_and_tricks#Removing_unused_packages_(orphans)
Wow, 2GB for me. Good tip!
oh wow, my system had accumulated ~4GB worth of orphaned stuff.
And as a sidenote: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pacman-log-orphans-hook - adds a pacman hook to notify the user if there are orphaned packages after an update.