Unable to update removing appstream-qt breaks dependency 'appstream-qt' required by apper

I tried searching the forums and the googles for how to fix this but I wasn’t able to find anything.

I’m trying to run the update assistant and I am getting the following message:

removing appstream-qt breaks dependency 'appstream-qt' required by apper
garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.6.1-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=435716c2-fab0-48db-a396-d7cd68ec4368 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
resume=UUID=291ca7d0-2be9-4ea8-ae6a-b2e2b7e10d4d loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.9 tk: Qt v: 5.15.11 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: NZXT product: X570 AORUS MASTER v: -CF
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: X570 AORUS MASTER v: x.x
serial: <superuser required> BIOS: American Megatrends v: F32
date: 01/18/2021
Battery:
ID-1: hidpp_battery_1 charge: 79% condition: N/A volts: 4.0 min: N/A
model: Logitech G502 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Mouse type: N/A
serial: <filter> status: N/A
Device-1: hidpp_battery_2 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard K270
serial: <filter> charge: 50% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: N/A
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA201009
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 16 tpc: 2 threads: 32 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 1024 KiB desc: d-16x32 KiB; i-16x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB desc: 16x512 KiB
L3: 64 MiB desc: 2x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2488 high: 3601 min/max: 2200/5083 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 3601 2: 2489
3: 2877 4: 2281 5: 2198 6: 2879 7: 3201 8: 2879 9: 2200 10: 2200 11: 2200
12: 2200 13: 2200 14: 2199 15: 2200 16: 2200 17: 3596 18: 2303 19: 2880
20: 2878 21: 2418 22: 2200 23: 2879 24: 2879 25: 2200 26: 2200 27: 2200
28: 2200 29: 2200 30: 2199 31: 2196 32: 2199 bogomips: 217621
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA102 [GeForce RTX 3080 Ti] driver: nvidia v: 545.29.02
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+ status: current (as of
2023-10; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0a:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:2208 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.2
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4480x1080 s-dpi: 101 s-size: 1128x272mm (44.41x10.71")
s-diag: 1160mm (45.68")
Monitor-1: DP-0 pos: primary,right res: 2560x1080 dpi: 81
size: 798x334mm (31.42x13.15") diag: 865mm (34.06") modes: N/A
Monitor-2: HDMI-0 pos: left res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102
size: 476x268mm (18.74x10.55") diag: 546mm (21.51") modes: N/A
Monitor-3: None-1-1 size-res: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 545.29.02
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 11.72 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.269 layers: 7 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti driver: nvidia v: 545.29.02 device-ID: 10de:2208
surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA102 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0a:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aef
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 0c:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Audio-Technica AT2020USB+
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-6.3:7 chip-ID: 0909:001c class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.6.1-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.84 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 Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: Gigabyte driver: igb
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 05:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-3: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 06:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-5:6 chip-ID: 8087:0029
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci1 rfk-id: 2 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
Device-2: ASUSTek ASUS USB-BT500 driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-3:2 chip-ID: 0b05:190e
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1 lmp-v: 10
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
RAID:
Supported mdraid levels: raid6 raid5 raid4
Device-1: md0 maj-min: 9:0 type: mdraid level: raid-6 status: active
size: 7.28 TiB
Info: report: 4/4 UUUU blocks: 7813772288 chunk-size: 512k
super-blocks: 1.2 algorithm: 2
Components: Online:
0: sdb maj-min: 8:16 size: 3.64 TiB
1: sdc maj-min: 8:32 size: 3.64 TiB
2: sdd maj-min: 8:48 size: 3.64 TiB
3: sde maj-min: 8:64 size: 3.64 TiB
Drives:
Local Storage: total: raw: 16.37 TiB usable: 9.1 TiB used: 1.23 TiB (13.6%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WDS100T2B0C-00PXH0 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: 211210WD temp: 44.9 C scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD40EFAX-68JH4N1 size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD40EFAX-68JH4N1 size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD40EFAX-68JH4N1 size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
ID-6: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Seagate model: ST4000NE001-3CR101
size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: HDD rpm: 7200
serial: <filter>
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 897.09 GiB size: 897.09 GiB (100.00%)
used: 836.95 GiB (93.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-2: /home raw-size: 897.09 GiB size: 897.09 GiB (100.00%)
used: 836.95 GiB (93.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 897.09 GiB size: 897.09 GiB (100.00%)
used: 836.95 GiB (93.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 897.09 GiB size: 897.09 GiB (100.00%)
used: 836.95 GiB (93.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 34.42 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 125.74 GiB used: 34.8 MiB (0.0%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 32
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 57.1 C mobo: 38.0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 39 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): fan-1: 1196 fan-2: 0 fan-3: 0 gpu: nvidia fan: 35%
Power: 12v: N/A 5v: N/A 3.3v: 3.36 vbat: 3.29
Info:
Processes: 601 Uptime: 6h 25m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 128 GiB note: est.
available: 125.74 GiB used: 23 GiB (18.3%) Init: systemd v: 254
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 16.0.6
Packages: 1714 pm: pacman pkgs: 1662 libs: 476 tools: octopi,paru,trizen,yay
pm: flatpak pkgs: 52 Shell: fish v: 3.6.1 default: Bash v: 5.2.15
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.31
Garuda (2.6.18-1):
System install date:     2022-09-08
Last full system update: 2023-11-21
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager mkinitcpio nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       <superuser required>
Failed units:            barrierapp.service connectiscsi.service mdmonitor.service vmware-networks-server.service vmware.service
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That seems to have done it, what even is apper, do I need to reinstall it?

No, as quickly mentioned in the thread linked above, it has even been removed from the Arch and AUR repos, so just forget about it, I’d say. :slight_smile:

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