FAQ

Here are some of the common questions. We recommend that users read this, especially those using CachyOS or Arch-based distributions.

Installation FAQ

Why is KDE Plasma the only available option in the live environment?

KDE Plasma can be considered as our “flagship” desktop environment, therefore it gets the most maintenance. Other ISOs were maintained in a half-ass state, if at all so we decided to deprecate them so that we can focus our efforts to deliver the best user experience.

We recommend installing CachyOS in a VM for testing out different desktop environments and window managers as the live ISO is only used for installation and recovering a broken install via cachy-chroot.

Software management FAQ

Here are all the questions related to the management of software on your system.

How can I fix the “unable to lock database” error in CachyOS?

sudo rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck

Tip

You can also achieve this using “Remove db lock” in CachyOS Hello.

How can I fix possible keyrings issues in CachyOS?

sudo rm -rf /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
sudo pacman-key --init
sudo pacman-key --populate

sudo pacman-key --recv-keys F3B607488DB35A47 --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com
sudo pacman-key --lsign-key F3B607488DB35A47

sudo rm -R /var/lib/pacman/sync

How can I remove those annoying warnings while updating my system? Is it safe to update the system when this happens?

warning: X package: local(1.0.1-1.1) is newer than Y repo (1.0.1-1)

Yes, it is safe to update the system.

To remove these errors, run the following command:

sudo pacman -Syuu