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cloverskull

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Registered: 2018-09-30

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[SOLVED] informant broken after system-wide python 3.14 upgrade

Apologies, am not near my work computer so can't share the exact trace, but since the python 3.14 update, informant is broken. Anyone figure out a workaround? If not I may mess with it later and submit a PR upstream.

Last edited by cloverskull (2026-01-16 00:40:31)

GerBra

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From: Bingen/Germany

Registered: 2007-05-10

Posts: 248

Re: [SOLVED] informant broken after system-wide python 3.14 upgrade

Look at the pinned comment:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/informant

Tip: Always look first at the comments if an AUR program isn't working.

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cloverskull

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Re: [SOLVED] informant broken after system-wide python 3.14 upgrade

Yep, saw that one, but it's from 2024 and the instructions didn't work for me this time around

GerBra

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From: Bingen/Germany

Registered: 2007-05-10

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Re: [SOLVED] informant broken after system-wide python 3.14 upgrade

The date doesn't matter, it's a principal

In this case, informant simply needs to be rebuilt against the newest Python version

A simple rebuild solved this for a user on archlinux.de (german).

Have you tried a rebuild? //Edit: And, of course, a re-install after a re-build

Or what current error message do you get after a rebuild? Myself don't use this, but maybe another one could help you...

Last edited by GerBra (2026-01-15 18:46:35)

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groll-ay

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Registered: 2023-02-10

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Re: [SOLVED] informant broken after system-wide python 3.14 upgrade

I do it this way:

yay -S --answerclean ALL --rebuild informant

Similar with every package that depends on python.

bulletmark

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2013-10-22

Posts: 710

Re: [SOLVED] informant broken after system-wide python 3.14 upgrade

I do it this way:

yay -S --answerclean ALL --rebuild informant

Similar with every package that depends on python.

Just rebuild all your installed python based AUR packages in a single one-liner with:

yay -S --answerclean=All --noconfirm $(yay -Qoq /usr/lib/python3.13) 

cloverskull

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Registered: 2018-09-30

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Re: [SOLVED] informant broken after system-wide python 3.14 upgrade

That did it! Thanks for the help.