Morganamilo/paru · error

{}

Error message

{}

What it means

check_actions accumulates error text (e.g. missing dependency messages rendered above with the failing dep and the dependency stack) into `err`; if any errors were recorded, it bails with `bail!("{}", err)`, surfacing the pre-formatted message verbatim. The `{}` message is a passthrough wrapper, so the real diagnosis is in the lines printed before the bail (e.g. 'missing dependency' chains).

Solutions

1. Read the detailed lines printed above the bail: they name the missing dep and its stack
2. Search AUR/repos for the missing dependency and install it explicitly first
3. Check for typos in PKGBUILD depends= entries if you maintain the package
4. Use `paru -Sua` / refresh with -Sy to ensure the dep wasn't renamed or moved

Example fix

// before: unresolved dep blocks install
$ paru -S foo
error: missing dependency 'bar' (stack: foo -> bar)
// after: resolve dep explicitly first
$ paru -S bar && paru -S foo

// pre-check deps
for dep in pkg.depends() {
    if !is_available(dep) { eprintln!("missing dep: {dep}"); exit(1); }
}

match install::install(config).await {
    Err(e) if e.to_string().contains("missing dependency") => {
        eprintln!("resolve the listed dependency stack first: {e}");
    }
    r => r?,
}

When it happens

Trigger: check_actions (called from prepare_build) detects problems such as missing dependencies of the transaction; the `err` buffer is non-empty and the function aborts the whole operation with that text.

Common situations: Installing an AUR package whose dependency cannot be resolved (dep not in repos or AUR); dependency stacks where an AUR dep depends on another missing package; typo'd dependency names in PKGBUILDs.

Related errors

• no targets specified (use -h for help)
• --downloadonly can't be used for AUR packages
• repository " " was not found
• no local repo named
• no local repos configured, add one to your pacman.conf: …

AI-assisted analysis of Morganamilo/paru@9ac3578807 (2026-09-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/d45ab214faf260ec. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at src/install.rs:1372

        for missing in &actions.missing {
            if missing.stack.is_empty() {
                write!(err, "\n    {} (target)", c.error.paint(&missing.dep))?;
            } else {
                let stack = missing
                    .stack
                    .iter()
                    .map(fmt_stack)
                    .collect::<Vec<_>>()
                    .join(" -> ");
                err.push_str(&tr!(
                    "\n    {missing} (wanted by: {stack})",
                    missing = c.error.paint(&missing.dep),
                    stack = stack
                ));
            };
        }

        bail!("{}", err);
    }

    for pkg in &actions.unneeded {
        eprintln!(
            "{} {}",
            c.warning.paint("::"),
            tr!("{}-{} is up to date -- skipping", pkg.name, pkg.version)
        );
    }

    let conflicts = if !config.chroot || install_targets {
        println!(
            "{} {}",
            c.action.paint("::"),
            c.bold.paint(tr!("Calculating conflicts..."))
        );
        // Hack to ignore conflicts on -B
        // Only ignores conflicts for the last package instead of all targets

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