Help installing pamac

[bikerjaytn]

I get to makepkg -si and get the following below. I changed permissions using root actions>change permissions in Dolphin. I get the same thing. Not sure what to do from here.

╭─jay@jay in repo: pamac🔒 on  master as 🧙 took 33ms
[🔴] × makepkg -si
/usr/share/makepkg/util/util.sh: line 79: cd: /home/jay/pamac: Permission denied
==> ERROR: Failed to change to directory /home/jay/pamac
Aborting...

Sorry. Here is the inxi

System:
Kernel: 6.2.13-zen-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=74859664-947a-4bad-88ae-1d0a4dca447c rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
resume=UUID=547028ab-fb93-47bc-a394-09f6a5ca7206 loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 tk: Qt v: 5.15.9 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 15-dy2xxx v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 87FE v: 57.20 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI
v: F.21 date: 03/21/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 39.7 Wh (100.0%) condition: 39.7/41.0 Wh (96.7%)
volts: 12.9 min: 11.4 model: HP Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: full cycles: 11
CPU:
Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Tiger Lake gen: core 11 level: v4 note: check built: 2020
process: Intel 10nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8C (140) stepping: 1
microcode: 0xA6
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 320 KiB desc: d-4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 5 MiB desc: 4x1.2 MiB L3: 8 MiB
desc: 1x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2262 high: 2400 min/max: 400/4200 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: performance cores: 1: 2400 2: 2400 3: 2400
4: 2400 5: 1300 6: 2400 7: 2400 8: 2400 bogomips: 38707
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-12.1 process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, HDMI-A-1
bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a49 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 04f2:b6f1
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.1
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: 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 model: BOE Display 0x0991 built: 2020 res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.3 renderer: Mesa Intel Xe Graphics (TGL GT2)
direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:a0c8 class-ID: 0401
API: ALSA v: k6.2.13-zen-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.71 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 RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtw_8821ce v: N/A modules: rtw88_8821ce
port: 3000 bus-ID: 0000:01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:c821 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: ASIX AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet driver: cdc_ncm type: USB rev: 3.2
speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 bus-ID: 2-1:2 chip-ID: 0b95:1790
class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter>
IF: enp0s20f0u1c2 state: up speed: N/A duplex: half mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-10:4 chip-ID: 0bda:b00e
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 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: 1.14 TiB used: 12.92 GiB (1.1%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: MZVLQ256HBJD-00BH1 size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: HPS1NFAV temp: 32.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: PSSD T7
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 3.2 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: PSSD T7
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 3.2 spd: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 tech: SSD
serial: <filter> scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 39.06 GiB size: 39.06 GiB (100.00%)
used: 12.61 GiB (32.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 751 MiB size: 749.5 MiB (99.80%)
used: 576 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 410.16 GiB size: 410.16 GiB (100.00%)
used: 307.5 MiB (0.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 39.06 GiB size: 39.06 GiB (100.00%)
used: 12.61 GiB (32.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 39.06 GiB size: 39.06 GiB (100.00%)
used: 12.61 GiB (32.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.27 GiB used: 11.5 MiB (0.1%)
priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 15.81 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 fan-2: 0
Info:
Processes: 270 Uptime: 1h 13m wakeups: 4089 Memory: available: 15.27 GiB
used: 3.42 GiB (22.4%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.1.1 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1815
libs: 526 tools: octopi,pamac,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.1 default: Bash
v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.27
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
System install date:     2023-05-24
Last full system update: 2023-05-24 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:

[filo]

Try to build it as AUR package with a helper, e.g.

paru pamac-all

or

paru pamac-aur

I don’t know what you prefer or it is best.
Please consider that we strongly discourage using GUI-based package managers for installation and especially updates.
For searching this is OK, but there are many alternatives.
There are many discussions in the forum about it. I’m just linking a recent one I remember:

Best GUI Package Manager: Octopi vs Pamac

Howdy! I've recently discovered that in Arch one should not use KDE Discover since it uses packagekit. When I installed Gurada I removed Octopi. I've installed it (and to try also the QT notifier). I find myself using pamac (CLI and GUI) mostly but wanted to ask in case there is a preferred or better way for software discovery and installation. Also, is there any easy way to determine what software (if any) was installed via packagekit? I've uninstalled KDE Discover but I can reinstall it if…

PS: It looks like a reboot is pending

@bikerjaytn

Last full system update: 2023-05-24 ↻

[bikerjaytn]

Thanks. I'm still new to Linux and even newer to Arch. I seem to have a lot of trouble building packages. I'll keep trying because ultimately, that's what I want to be able to do. But, sometimes I just want the package without messing up a build. I'll get better