installing SLACK in Manjaro gnome

Haven't you learned anything in the last few posts? Are you playing the guessing game again?
 


Haven't you learned anything in the last few posts? Are you playing the guessing game again?
==> Cleaning up...

Checking keyring... [1/1]
Checking integrity... [1/1]
Loading packages files... [1/1]
Checking file conflicts... [1/1

terminal is still showing above lines. i think by now slack -desktop should have installed.
 
Share the output of the following.
Code:
pacman -Qs slack
 
Code:
pamac remove slack
Read the pamac wiki page.
   ~  pamac remove slack  ✔
Preparing...
Checking dependencies...

To remove (1):
slack 3.0.2-1

Total removed size: 15.2 kB

Apply transaction ? [y/N] y
Waiting for another package manager to quit...


it is still at above line.
 
That you means another package manager has something locked. Is it still installed now, share the output of the following.
Code:
pacman -Qs slack
Raman, when are you going to learn these basic things yourself. You have been using GNU/Linux for over a year now these are basic things you should be able to do yourself now, it's basic package management.
 
That you means another package manager has something locked. Is it still installed now, share the output of the following.
Code:
pacman -Qs slack
Raman, when are you going to learn these basic things yourself. You have been using GNU/Linux for over a year now these are basic things you should be able to do yourself now, it's basic package management.
   ~  pamac remove slack  ✔
Preparing...
Checking dependencies...

To remove (1):
slack 3.0.2-1

Total removed size: 15.2 kB

Apply transaction ? [y/N] y
Waiting for another package manager to quit...
Transaction cancelled: Timeout expired.
   ~  pacman -Qs slack  1 ✘  5m 9s 
local/slack 3.0.2-1
Control your timer slack
local/slack-web-jak 2.1.0-3
wrapper for Slack online services
   ~   ✔
 
Seems some other package manager is locking something for you, try the following.
Code:
sudo pacman -R slack
 
Seems some other package manager is locking something for you, try the following.
Code:
sudo pacman -R slack
sudo pacman -R slack


[sudo] password for raman:
error: failed to init transaction (unable to lock database)
error: could not lock database: File exists
if you're sure a package manager is not already
running, you can remove /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
 
Then try this.
Code:
sudo rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
pamac remove slack
 
Then try this.
Code:
sudo rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
pamac remove slack
sudo rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck  1 ✘
pamac remove slack
Preparing...
Checking dependencies...

To remove (1):
slack 3.0.2-1

Total removed size: 15.2 kB

Apply transaction ? [y/N] y
Removing slack (3.0.2-1)... [1/1]
Transaction successfully finished.
 
Now the slack package which you don't want is removed.
 
pamac build slack-desktop  ✔
Preparing...
Cloning slack-desktop build files...
Checking slack-desktop dependencies...
Resolving dependencies...
Checking inter-conflicts...

To build (1):
slack-desktop 4.19.2-1 AUR


Edit build files : [e]
Apply transaction ? [e/y/N] y


Building slack-desktop...
==> Making package: slack-desktop 4.19.2-1 (Wednesday 22 September 2021 05:21:03 PM)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
-> Found slack-desktop-4.19.2-amd64.deb
-> Found slack-desktop.patch
==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
slack-desktop-4.19.2-amd64.deb ... Passed
slack-desktop.patch ... Passed
==> Removing existing $srcdir/ directory...
==> Extracting sources...
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting package()...
patching file usr/share/applications/slack.desktop
==> Tidying install...
-> Removing libtool files...
-> Purging unwanted files...
-> Removing static library files...
-> Stripping unneeded symbols from binaries and libraries...
-> Compressing man and info pages...
==> Checking for packaging issues...
==> Creating package "slack-desktop"...
-> Generating .PKGINFO file...
-> Generating .BUILDINFO file...
-> Generating .MTREE file...
-> Compressing package...
==> Leaving fakeroot environment.
==> Finished making: slack-desktop 4.19.2-1 (Wednesday 22 September 2021 05:21:14 PM)
==> Cleaning up...

Checking keyring... [1/1]
Checking integrity... [1/1]
Loading packages files... [1/1]
Checking file conflicts... [1/1]
Checking available disk space... [1/1]
Installing slack-desktop (4.19.2-1)... [1/1]
Running post-transaction hooks...
Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate... [1/2]
Updating the desktop file MIME type cache... [2/2]
Transaction successfully finished.
   ~   ✔  25s 
 
thank you for help.
actually i am busy doing my M.Sc. physics so i have less time to go deeper in Linux.
After a year of using Linux, installing and removing packages you should at least have a basic understanding of what to do now just from that experience ;)
 

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