Dependency problem during update

I’m running into the following error when trying to update the system:

:: Synchronizing package databases...
 garuda is up to date
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 multilib is up to date
 chaotic-aur is up to date

--> Refreshing mirrorlists using rate-mirrors, please be patient..🍵

:: Synchronizing package databases...
 garuda downloading...
 core downloading...
 extra downloading...
 multilib downloading...
 chaotic-aur downloading...
spawn pacman -Su
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
warning: cannot resolve "zlib.so", a dependency of "eza"
:: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
      eza

:: Do you want to skip the above package for this upgrade? [y/N] 
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: unable to satisfy dependency 'zlib.so' required by eza

I’m in a partial update territory, which is not good from what I’ve read in other posts.

I tried running different versions of the update command as suggested here and on arch forum: -Syu, -Syyu, upd, but I get the same problem with each approach.

I also have multilib enabled, so that’s not the cause either.

System:
  Kernel: 6.8.7-zen1-2-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=66449e63-22ba-4cbb-9db7-fe14fbf423bc rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet resume=UUID=05a1f546-7b33-465c-b874-398a3d727b0b loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: i3 v: 4.23 with: i3bar tools: avail: i3lock,xautolock vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: B460M Pro4 serial: <superuser required>
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: L1.51
    date: 12/07/2020
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-10500 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: 0xFA
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB
    L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 4446 high: 4500 min/max: 800/4500 scaling:
    driver: intel_cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 4500 2: 4500 3: 4500
    4: 4500 5: 4500 6: 4500 7: 4500 8: 4500 9: 4500 10: 4500 11: 4500 12: 3861
    bogomips: 74399
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate] driver: nvidia
    v: 550.76 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+ status: current
    (as of 2024-04; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
    lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: none
    off: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2504
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Generic NexiGo N660P FHD Webcam driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-8:5
    chip-ID: 660a:3443 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.13 compositor: Picom v: git-89c2c
    driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 92 s-size: 530x301mm (20.87x11.85")
    s-diag: 610mm (24")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 note: disabled model: Philips PHL 241V8
    serial: <filter> built: 2021 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2
    size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
    drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
    inactive: wayland,device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.76
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2
    memory: 11.72 GiB
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 5 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
    name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 driver: nvidia v: 550.76 device-ID: 10de:2504
    surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-V cAVS vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:a3f0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio 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:228e class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Generic NexiGo N660P FHD Webcam driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-8:5
    chip-ID: 660a:3443 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.8.7-zen1-2-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 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: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASRock driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:0d55 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 108.58 GiB (9.3%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SNVS1000GB
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: S8442101 temp: 35.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: TeamGroup model: T253256GB
    size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 18B9 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 914.12 GiB size: 914.12 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 108.58 GiB (11.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  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: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 914.12 GiB size: 914.12 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 108.58 GiB (11.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 914.12 GiB size: 914.12 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 108.58 GiB (11.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 914.12 GiB size: 914.12 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 108.58 GiB (11.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.54 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 12 dev: /dev/zram0
  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 17.1 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 50 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.54 GiB used: 3.31 GiB (21.3%)
  Processes: 311 Power: uptime: 8m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 6.17 GiB services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager
    Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1548 libs: 443 tools: octopi,pacseek,pamac,paru
    Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: Bash v: 5.2.26
    running-in: kitty inxi: 3.3.34
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
  System install date:     2024-04-09
  Last full system update: 2024-04-29
  Is partially upgraded:   Yes
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:           

Just wait.

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What a pleasant surprise. And here I thought I’d have to do some digging (I saw there were over 100 packages waiting for update, so I thought something broke on my end). Thanks.

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