AUR Repo missing from Pacman after latest update

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After the latest update, I restarted my PC and went to install the new Nvidia 570 Beta drivers from the AUR repo, but when trying to use Pacman to have them replace the mainline drivers it has been saying “Target Not Found”. After a bit of stress and headaching trying to figure out why it couldn’t find them, I’ve noticed that the only Repos listed are Core, Garuda, Extra, MultiLib, and Chaotic-Aur. The actual AUR repo has disappeared and I do not know how to fix this. I have been googling around, searching the forums but for the life of me I cant find how to fix this on my own.

I have been trying for a while to fix this but have no idea what to do from this point.

INXI Log below:

System:
Kernel: 6.11.5-273-tkg-bmq arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: intel_pstate=passive
kernel.split_lock_mitigate=0 BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux611-tkg-bmq
root=UUID=b1e54cd3-c2a1-488d-bf46-aafb517d8ff1 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet resume=UUID=52c2279c-c601-4f29-8577-4f1833046dd2 loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.10.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7D17 v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: MAG B560M MORTAR WIFI (MS-7D17) v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American
Megatrends LLC. v: 1.C0 date: 06/07/2023
Battery:
ID-1: hidpp_battery_0 charge: 29% condition: N/A volts: 3.7 min: N/A
model: Logitech G703 Wired/Wireless Gaming Mouse type: N/A serial: <filter>
status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i3-10100F bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Comet Lake
gen: core 10 level: v3 note: check built: 2020 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0xA5 (165) stepping: 3 microcode: 0xFC
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 4100 min/max: 800/4300 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
governor: performance cores: 1: 4100 2: 4100 3: 4100 4: 4100 5: 4100 6: 4100
7: 4100 8: 4100 bogomips: 57600
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia
v: 565.77 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550/565.xx+ status: current
(as of 2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: none
off: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 empty: DP-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2487
class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
d-rect: 4864x1080 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: center model: BenQ ZOWIE RL LCD serial: <filter>
built: 2018 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2
size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 pos: primary,left model: LG (GoldStar) FULL HD
serial: <filter> built: 2016 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 75 scale: 100% (1)
dpi: 102 gamma: 1.2 size: 480x270mm (18.9x10.63") diag: 551mm (21.7")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-3: HDMI-A-2 pos: right model: Acer KA220HQ serial: <filter>
built: 2018 res: mode: 1024x768 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 102 gamma: 1.2
size: 477x268mm (18.78x10.55") diag: 547mm (21.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1024x768 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia gbm:
drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 vendor: nvidia v: 565.77 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 11.72 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: 9 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:2487
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:f0c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.11.5-273-tkg-bmq status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210/AX1675 2x2 [Typhoon Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 04:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:2725 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: ztc25aqsuj state: unknown speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX210 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-2:3 chip-ID: 8087:0032
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.3
lmp-v: 12 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 6.93 TiB used: 5.64 TiB (81.4%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:2 vendor: Crucial model: CT250P2SSD8
size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: P2CR048 temp: 48.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SNV2S2000G
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: SBK00104 temp: 52.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: WDC WDS240G1G0A-00SS50
size: 223.57 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1000 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD40EZRZ-00GXCB0 size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 0A80 scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD5000LPVX-28V0TT0 size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
ID-6: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Crucial model: CT500BX500SSD1
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 061 scheme: GPT
ID-7: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Samsung model: MZNLN128HAHQ-000L2
size: 119.24 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4L0Q scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 198.23 GiB size: 198.23 GiB (100.00%)
used: 177.72 GiB (89.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 584 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:3
ID-3: /home raw-size: 198.23 GiB size: 198.23 GiB (100.00%)
used: 177.72 GiB (89.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 198.23 GiB size: 198.23 GiB (100.00%)
used: 177.72 GiB (89.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 198.23 GiB size: 198.23 GiB (100.00%)
used: 177.72 GiB (89.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 50 (default 100)
zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 62.69 GiB used: 9.2 MiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 8 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 34.36 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:5
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 64 GiB available: 62.69 GiB used: 17.32 GiB (27.6%)
Processes: 613 Power: uptime: 2h 13m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 25.03 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 2081 pm: pacman pkgs: 2044 libs: 527 tools: octopi,paru
pm: flatpak pkgs: 37 Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi
default: fish v: 3.7.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.6.26-1.1):
System install date:     2024-07-25
Last full system update: 2025-02-01
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:            systemd-vconsole-setup.service

It hasn’t. It was never there. There is nothing to fix.

Despite its name, the AUR is not a package repository. It is a collection of user-made build scripts that build foreign packages, sourced from whatever place.

You should look into how the AUR works, before you use it. Not understanding how it works can be unsafe.

The (manual) process is: clone the git repository you find on the AUR, build the package yourself locally, using makepkg, install it with pacman. There are tools that automate this process and help you keep track of updates. Popular ones are yay and paru.

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Okay, well then that makes it more confusing as to why pacman cant see the nvidia beta drivers when i try to install them through it. when i use paru it can see them but it cant install them because it says itll break dependencies and when i try to use sudo pacman -S nvidia-beta-dkms nvidia-utils-beta lib32-nvidia-utils-beta it says “target not found”. I had been able to install them with that particular line before but now it suddenly doesnt even try to work.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nvidia-beta-dkms

don’t see the other 2

Managed to get around this by forcibly removing the nvidia drivers with

sudo pacman -Rd --nodeps nvidia-utils nvidia-dkms lib32-nvidia-utils

and then installed the beta ones through paru.

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