Tag: Arch Linux

PHP Warning: PHP Startup: imap: Unable to initialize module (SOLVED). How to install the imap module for PHP on Arch Linux

Posted by Alex On April 8, 2023

When running a PHP script in Arch Linux or derivative distributions (Manjaro, BlackArch) on the command line: php 8.php You may see the following warning from PHP: PHP Warning: PHP Startup: imap: Unable to initialize module Module compiled with module API=20210902 PHP compiled with module API=20220829 These options need to match in Unknown on line 0 Warning: PHP Startup: imap:...

How to increase the size of the partition and file system after increasing the physical size of the disk

Posted by Alex On March 23, 2023

Disk partition size and file system size In Linux, a disk can be used entirely by one partition or be divided into several partitions (similar to volumes in Windows). Usually, at the stage of installing the operating system, disk partitioning is done: disk partitions are created, and then these partitions are formatted into one or another file system. In this...

How to update the GRUB bootloader in Arch Linux and derivatives (Manjaro, BlackArch)

Posted by Alex On February 6, 2023

The GRUB operating system loader is installed and updated on Linux like any other software package. But the peculiarity of the bootloader is that even after updating the package, the actual working files of the bootloader, which are located on the partition mounted along the /boot/grub/ path, are not automatically updated. That is, when new versions of GRUB are released,...

phpMyAdmin error “Error: Undefined constant “SODIUM_CRYPTO_SECRETBOX_KEYBYTES”” (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On October 20, 2022

On Arch Linux, when trying to use the phpMyAdmin 5.3 pre-release, I encountered an error: Error: Undefined constant "SODIUM_CRYPTO_SECRETBOX_KEYBYTES" Checking in Debian showed that there is no such problem with phpMyAdmin 5.3. The reason for the error is that sodium support is not enabled. How to enable sodium on Arch Linux (Manjaro, BlackArch) To enable sodium support in Arch Linux...

Error “error: GPGME error: No data. error: failed to synchronize all databases (unexpected error)” (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On October 5, 2022

When updating the package cache with the pacman package manager, for example, when running the following command to update package information and update the system: sudo pacman -Syu An error may occur: error: GPGME error: No data :: Synchronizing package databases... core 155.5 KiB 444 KiB/s 00:00 [######################] 100% extra is up to date community is up to date multilib...

How to downgrade to a previous kernel version in Arch Linux. How to install and switch to linux-lts

Posted by Alex On August 25, 2022

New Linux kernels bring support for new hardware and new features. But sometimes the kernel causes problems: it is completely or partially incompatible with existing software, especially video drivers suffer from this, but this can also apply to any other software, for example, VirtualBox. At the time of the release of the linux 5.9 kernel, NVIDIA drivers were partially incompatible...

Errors “Incorrect definition of table mysql.event: expected column ‘definer’ at position 3 to have type varchar(, found type char(141)” and “Event Scheduler: An error occurred when initializing system tables. Disabling the Event Scheduler” (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On June 1, 2022

When upgrading mariadb to version 10.8.3, the following messages were shown: warning: directory permissions differ on /usr/lib/mysql/plugin/auth_pam_tool_dir/ filesystem: 700 package: 755 :: MariaDB was updated to a new feature release. To update the data run: systemctl restart mariadb.service && mariadb-upgrade -u root -p They contain information about two events that require the action of a system administrator or user. The...

“Error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package)” (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On May 2, 2022

When updating or installing packages in Arch Linux, Manjaro and their derivatives, you may encounter the “error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package). Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.” issue. Full error log: :: Retrieving packages... libinih-55-2-x86_64 15.4 KiB 385 KiB/s 00:00 [############################################] 100% (40/40) checking keys in keyring [############################################] 100% (40/40) checking package integrity [############################################] 100% error:...

Changes in the linux-firmware package: kernel requirements, separating large files into separate packages

Posted by Alex On January 24, 2022

In Arch Linux, the linux-firmware package, which contains the firmware files, got important changes. In addition to the usual file updates and adding support for new devices, this package has a requirement for a minimum kernel version, and the package itself is divided into several packages. Recall that device firmware are files that are necessary for the normal operation of...
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