Electron will not upgrade due to breaking dependencies, what do I do?

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Hi, I'm just having trouble updating my system because of conflicts:

:: Synchronizing package databases...
 garuda                 75.7 KiB   151 KiB/s 00:01 [----------------------] 100%
 core                  157.4 KiB   568 KiB/s 00:00 [----------------------] 100%
 extra                1721.3 KiB  3.15 MiB/s 00:01 [----------------------] 100%
 community               6.7 MiB  5.24 MiB/s 00:01 [----------------------] 100%
 multilib              172.6 KiB   568 KiB/s 00:00 [----------------------] 100%
 chaotic-aur          1889.6 KiB  1724 KiB/s 00:01 [----------------------] 100%
spawn pacman -Su
:: Starting full system upgrade...
warning: glib2: ignoring package upgrade (2.70.4-1 => 2.72.3-1)
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: installing electron (19.0.8-1) breaks dependency 'electron18' required by code

Some software that I use relies on electron18 but I still need to update my system

garuda-inxi

System:
  Kernel: 5.18.10-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=5411b7ff-d53c-4780-9b50-82a7b4183826 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 loglevel=3
    ibt=off
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.25.2 tk: Qt v: 5.15.5 info: latte-dock
    wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Nitro AN515-57 v: V1.17
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: TGL model: Scala_TLS v: V1.17 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: Insyde v: 1.17 date: 06/02/2022
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 54.0 Wh (100.0%) condition: 54.0/57.5 Wh (93.9%)
    volts: 17.4 min: 15.4 model: LGC AP18E8M type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
    status: full cycles: 227
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse serial: <filter>
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-11800H bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Tiger Lake gen: core 11 built: 2020 process: Intel 10nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x8D (141) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x3E
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 640 KiB desc: d-8x48 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 10 MiB desc: 8x1.2 MiB
    L3: 24 MiB desc: 1x24 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 919 high: 1282 min/max: 800/4600 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 1019 2: 1025 3: 1282
    4: 813 5: 1060 6: 801 7: 870 8: 786 9: 800 10: 769 11: 847 12: 800
    13: 801 14: 762 15: 1259 16: 1016 bogomips: 73728
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2
    mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]
    vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen12.1
    process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2
    bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a60 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile]
    vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: nvidia v: 515.57
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 515.xx+
    status: current (as of 2022-06) arch: Ampere process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
    built: 2020-22 bus-ID: 0000:01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:25a2 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Quanta HD User Facing type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-9:3
    chip-ID: 0408:a061 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.2
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: intel,nvidia
    unloaded: modesetting,nouveau,vesa alternate: fbdev,nv gpu: i915
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x1521 built: 2020
    res: 1920x1080 hz: 144 dpi: 143 gamma: 1.2 size: 340x190mm (13.39x7.48")
    diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT1) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.1.3
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-H HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
    bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:43c8 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 0000:01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:2291 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.18.10-zen1-1-zen running: yes
  Sound Server-2: sndio v: N/A running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.54 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake PCH CNVi WiFi vendor: Rivet Networks
    driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 0000:00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:43f0
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel
    port: 3000 bus-ID: 0000:2c:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:2600 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp44s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 3-14:4 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
  Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: <filter>
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd
    v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a0b rev:
    class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.29 TiB used: 1.15 TiB (50.1%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFM512GD3JX016N
    size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
    speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 41020C20
    temp: 42.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 2TB
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 297.4 GiB size: 297.4 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 254.99 GiB (85.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
    used: 50.6 MiB (52.7%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 297.4 GiB size: 297.4 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 254.99 GiB (85.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 297.4 GiB size: 297.4 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 254.99 GiB (85.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 297.4 GiB size: 297.4 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 254.99 GiB (85.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.41 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  Message: No sensor data found. Is lm-sensors configured?
Info:
  Processes: 364 Uptime: 10m wakeups: 4 Memory: 15.41 GiB
  used: 4.33 GiB (28.1%) Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.1.0 clang: 14.0.6 Packages: pacman: 2077
  lib: 528 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: terminator inxi: 3.3.19
Garuda (2.6.4-2):
  System install date:     2022-02-16
  Last full system update: 2022-07-09
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       NetworkManager
  Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
  Snapshots:               Snapper
  Failed units:
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This seems like a bad idea.

Install electron18 and then try updating again.

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I ignore the package upgrade because foliate doesn’t work with the upgraded version. But if you think I should upgrade it I will.

I have tried that, it breaks the electron dependency.

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Please share the terminal output from trying that so we can see what is happening.

Holding back glib2 is unwise but it probably isn’t your problem here.

I am not sure if that breaks foliate but if it does, I would switch to the flatpak until it is resolved instead of holding back glib2

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The two packages are in direct conflict

resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
:: electron18 and electron are in conflict. Remove electron? [y/N] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: removing electron breaks dependency 'electron' required by bitburner
:: removing electron breaks dependency 'electron' required by react-native-debugger
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Try this:

sudo pacman -Syu electron18
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Whoops, yeah, I should've thought of that.
Thank you.

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