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## A simple, lightweight distribution

You've reached the website for **Arch Linux**, a lightweight and flexible Linux® distribution that tries to Keep It Simple.

Currently we have official packages optimized for the x86-64 architecture. We complement our official package sets with a community-operated package repository that grows in size and quality each and every day.

Our strong community is diverse and helpful, and we pride ourselves on the range of skillsets and uses for Arch that stem from it. Please check out our forums and mailing lists to get your feet wet. Also glance through our wiki if you want to learn more about Arch.

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### Latest News
#### waydroid >= 1.5.4-3 update may require manual intervention

2025-11-06

The `waydroid` package prior to version `1.5.4-2` (including `aur/waydroid`) creates Python byte-code files (.pyc) at runtime which were untracked by pacman. This issue has been fixed in `1.5.4-3`, where byte-compiling these files is now done during the packaging process.

As a result, the upgrade may conflict with the unowned files created in previous versions. If you encounter errors like the following during the update:

> error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
>
> waydroid: /usr/lib/waydroid/tools/\_\_pycache\_\_/\_\_init\_\_.cpython-313.pyc exists in filesystem
>
> waydroid: /usr/lib/waydroid/tools/actions/\_\_pycache\_\_/\_\_init\_\_.cpython-313.pyc exists in filesystem
>
> waydroid: /usr/lib/waydroid/tools/actions/\_\_pycache\_\_/app\_manager.cpython-313.pyc exists in filesystem

You can safely overwrite these files by running the following command:

`pacman -Syu --overwrite /usr/lib/waydroid/tools/\*__pycache__/\*`

#### dovecot >= 2.4 requires manual intervention

2025-10-31

The dovecot 2.4 release branch has made breaking changes which result in it being incompatible with any <= 2.3 configuration file.

Thus, the dovecot service will no longer be able to start until the configuration file was migrated, requiring manual intervention.

For guidance on the 2.3-to-2.4 migration, please refer to the following upstream documentation: Upgrading Dovecot CE from 2.3 to 2.4

Furthermore, the dovecot 2.4 branch no longer supports their replication feature, it was removed.

For users relying on the replication feature or who are unable to perform the 2.4 migration right now, we provide alternative …

#### Recent service outages

2025-08-21

We want to provide an update on the recent service outages affecting our infrastructure. The Arch Linux Project is currently experiencing an ongoing denial of service attack that primarily impacts our main webpage, the Arch User Repository (AUR), and the Forums.

We are aware of the problems that this creates for our end users and will continue to actively work with our hosting provider to mitigate the attack. We are also evaluating DDoS protection providers while carefully considering factors including cost, security, and ethical standards.

To improve the communication around this issue we will provide regular updates on …

#### zabbix >= 7.4.1-2 may require manual intervention

2025-08-04

Starting with `7.4.1-2`, the following Zabbix system user accounts (previously shipped by their related packages) will no longer be used. Instead, all Zabbix components will now rely on a shared `zabbix` user account (as originally intended by upstream and done by other distributions):

- zabbix-server
- zabbix-proxy
- zabbix-agent *(also used by the `zabbix-agent2` package)*
- zabbix-web-service

This shared `zabbix` user account is provided by the newly introduced `zabbix-common` *split* package, which is now a dependency for all relevant `zabbix-*` packages.

The switch to the new user account is handled automatically for the corresponding …

#### linux-firmware >= 20250613.12fe085f-5 upgrade requires manual intervention

2025-06-21

With `20250613.12fe085f-5`, we split our firmware into several vendor-focused packages. `linux-firmware` is now an empty package depending on our default set of firmware.

Unfortunately, this coincided with upstream reorganizing the symlink layout of the NVIDIA firmware, resulting in a situation that Pacman cannot handle. When attempting to upgrade from `20250508.788aadc8-2` or earlier, you will see the following errors:

linux-firmware-nvidia: /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad103 exists in filesystem linux-firmware-nvidia: /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad104 exists in filesystem linux-firmware-nvidia: /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad106 exists in filesystem linux-firmware-nvidia: /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad107 exists in filesystem


To progress with the system upgrade, first remove `linux-firmware`, then reinstall it as part of the upgrade:

…

### Older News

2025-06-20

Plasma 6.4.0 will need manual intervention if you are on X11

2025-06-16

Transition to the new WoW64 wine and wine-staging

2025-04-17

Valkey to replace Redis in the \[extra\] Repository

2025-02-17

Cleaning up old repositories

2025-02-03

Glibc 2.41 corrupting Discord installation

2025-01-16

Critical rsync security release 3.4.0

2024-11-19

Providing a license for package sources

2024-09-14

Manual intervention for pacman 7.0.0 and local repositories required

2024-07-01

The sshd service needs to be restarted after upgrading to openssh-9.8p1

2024-04-15

Arch Linux 2024 Leader Election Results

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### Recent Updates (more)

rabbitmq 4.2.1-1

any

gopass-summon-provider 1.16.0-1

x86\_64

python-joserfc 1.4.2-1

any

union git20251114-1

x86\_64

gemini-cli 1:0.15.4-1

x86\_64

drawio-desktop 29.0.3-1

any

tor 0.4.8.21-1

x86\_64

terragrunt 0.93.9-1

x86\_64

python-zope-security 8.3-1

x86\_64

ruby-build 20251117-1

any

arti 1.7.0-1

x86\_64

docker-buildx 0.30.1-1

x86\_64

threadweaver 6.20.0-1

x86\_64

syntax-highlighting 6.20.0-1

x86\_64

syndication 6.20.0-1

x86\_64

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