Bug Shelly cant install

rsgauna1986 · June 12, 2026, 12:26am

Hello, I’ve been experiencing the same or a similar error every two installations, in this case when trying to install Kolourpaint with Shelly, I don’t know why.

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CacheMeIfYouCan · June 12, 2026, 4:18am

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Shelly Output

Installing packages: kolourpaint
TransInit: handle=94289027757952 flags=None pkgPtrs=1 dbPath=/var/lib/pacman
db.lck exists: False
Lockfile: /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
C# check path: /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
DB path dir exists: True
Resolving dependencies...
Dependency resolution finished.
Checking for package conflicts...
Package conflict check finished.
Retrieving package...
DownloadFile called with url='https://ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp/Linux/manjaro/testing/extra/x86_64/kolourpaint-26.04.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst', localpath='/var/cache/pacman/pkg/', force=0
Full destination path: /var/cache/pacman/pkg/kolourpaint-26.04.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
Using temp file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/kolourpaint-26.04.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.part
Downloading https://ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp/Linux/manjaro/testing/extra/x86_64/kolourpaint-26.04.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst to /var/cache/pacman/pkg/kolourpaint-26.04.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
Reading content stream of kolourpaint-26.04.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst from https://ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp/Linux/manjaro/testing/extra/x86_64/kolourpaint-26.04.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst to /var/cache/pacman/pkg/kolourpaint-26.04.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.part
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DownloadFile called with url='https://ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp/Linux/manjaro/testing/extra/x86_64/kolourpaint-26.04.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.sig', localpath='/var/cache/pacman/pkg/', force=0
Full destination path: /var/cache/pacman/pkg/kolourpaint-26.04.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.sig
Using temp file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/kolourpaint-26.04.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.sig.part
Downloading https://ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp/Linux/manjaro/testing/extra/x86_64/kolourpaint-26.04.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.sig to /var/cache/pacman/pkg/kolourpaint-26.04.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.sig
Reading content stream of kolourpaint-26.04.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.sig from https://ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp/Linux/manjaro/testing/extra/x86_64/kolourpaint-26.04.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.sig to /var/cache/pacman/pkg/kolourpaint-26.04.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.sig.part
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Package retrieved.
Checking keyring...
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Keyring check finished.
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Package integrity check finished.
Loading packages...
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Packages loaded.
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File conflict check finished.
Running hooks...
(1/1) Scanning packages for security issues...
Finished running hook.
Finished running hooks.
Starting transaction...
Starting package operation...
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Package operation completed.
Transaction completed.
Running hooks...
(1/4) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
Finished running hook.
(2/4) Updating icon theme caches...
Finished running hook.
(3/4) Removing old packages from pacman cache...
Removing old installed packages...

==> no candidate packages found for pruning

Removing old uninstalled packages...

==> finished: 1 packages removed (disk space saved: 1.63 MiB)

Finished running hook.
(4/4) Updating the desktop file MIME type cache...
Finished running hook.
Finished running hooks.
Packages installed successfully!

Looks like you have a local permission problem, corrupted cache or missing dependency for hook scripts…

kolourpaint is in the repo:

pacman -Si kolourpaint

To install:

sudo pacman -Syu kolourpaint

rsgauna1986 · June 12, 2026, 8:20am

The truth is, I don’t know the cause. With some apps, nothing happens during installation, and with others, it does. If I use the commands you suggested, no errors occur.

kindofabuzz · June 12, 2026, 5:05pm

Shelly is garbage. I still don’t understand why they replaced Octopi with it.

Sunda-Spirit · June 12, 2026, 5:37pm

The intention is presumably to accommodate Windows refugees (dual boot users) who are unwilling to read documentation.

CacheMeIfYouCan · June 12, 2026, 5:38pm

It’s a native, direct app with direct libalpm integration, and pamac isn’t getting the love it deserves.

Octopi is nothing more than a Terminal wrapper - IMO not very useful as it’s limited to only repos and AUR.

However, I do like Octopi and dislike many aspects of Shelly… maybe Shelly just needs time to mature?

It isn’t compulsory, for most of us the terminal works… and we search for software in the browser, not in a software centre.

mattsteg · June 12, 2026, 6:30pm

This is not necessarily a positive! “direct libalpm integration” is another way of saying “reinvents the wheel instead of using the platform that has decades of testing”

What love does it deserve? We see plenty of people using it and encountering issues while doing so. It’s problematic enough that it was once default in Cachy and was removed over issues (if you read through old changelogs you can see this)

That’s a good thing!

That’s by design and choice, not a bad thing, and also has nothing to do with being a “terminal wrapper”

rsgauna1986 · June 12, 2026, 7:49pm

Update: I think I’ve found the reason for the error. Apparently, for various reasons, some package installations weren’t completing, leaving directories within the pkg cache folder. These directories were preventing pacman from working correctly. Deleting them fixed everything for now. The problem is that I had to delete them recursively because the “delete orphaned packages” and “clear cache” options weren’t working.

kindofabuzz · June 12, 2026, 8:43pm

paru search-term, done