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#1 2026-02-07 06:15:45
- SmolAlli
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Unable to install AUR Waterfox
Have been attempting to install Waterfox through non-flatpak methods, and have been having issues with installing it from yay/AUR.
yay -S --mflags --skipinteg waterfox
AUR Explicit (1): waterfox-6.6.7-1
Sync Make Dependency (16): xorg-server-xvfb-21.1.21-1, unzip-6.0-23, mercurial-7.2-1, dump_syms-2.3.6-1, imake-1.0.11-1, wasi-libc++abi-21.1.6-1, zip-3.0-11, cbindgen-0.29.2-1, wasi-compiler-rt-21.1.6-1, wasi-libc-1:0+503+ac020b86-1, llvm-21.1.6-2, nodejs-25.6.0-1, wasi-libc++-21.1.6-1, python-pip-25.3-3, yasm-1.3.0-9, sccache-0.12.0-1
:: (1/1) Downloaded PKGBUILD: waterfox
1 waterfox (Build Files Exist)
==> Packages to cleanBuild?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==> n
1 waterfox (Build Files Exist)
==> Diffs to show?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==> n
==> Making package: waterfox 6.6.7-1 (Sat 07 Feb 2026 05:01:45 PM AEDT)
==> Retrieving sources...
-> Downloading waterfox-6.6.7.tar.gz...
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
100 54.90M 0 54.90M 0 0 1.02M 0 00:53 1.07M
-> Downloading locales.tar.gz...
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
100 24.58M 0 24.58M 0 0 1.03M 0 00:23 1.04M
-> Found waterfox.desktop
==> WARNING: Skipping all source file integrity checks.
:: Remove make dependencies after install? [y/N] y
:: (1/1) Parsing SRCINFO: waterfox
[sudo] password for alli:
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Packages (25) c-ares-1.34.6-1 python-attrs-25.4.0-3 python-cffi-2.0.0-2 python-cryptography-46.0.4-1
python-filelock-3.20.3-1 python-packaging-26.0-1 python-pycparser-2.23-2
python-wheel-0.46.3-1 simdjson-1:4.2.4-1 cbindgen-0.29.2-1 dump_syms-2.3.6-1 imake-1.0.11-1
llvm-21.1.6-2 mercurial-7.2-1 nodejs-25.6.0-1 python-pip-25.3-3 sccache-0.12.0-1
unzip-6.0-23 wasi-compiler-rt-21.1.6-1 wasi-libc-1:0+503+ac020b86-1 wasi-libc++-21.1.6-1
wasi-libc++abi-21.1.6-1 xorg-server-xvfb-21.1.21-1 yasm-1.3.0-9 zip-3.0-11
Total Installed Size: 325.76 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(25/25) checking keys in keyring [####################################] 100%
(25/25) checking package integrity [####################################] 100%
(25/25) loading package files [####################################] 100%
(25/25) checking for file conflicts [####################################] 100%
(25/25) checking available disk space [####################################] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
( 1/25) installing wasi-libc [####################################] 100%
( 2/25) installing wasi-compiler-rt [####################################] 100%
( 3/25) installing wasi-libc++abi [####################################] 100%
( 4/25) installing python-attrs [####################################] 100%
( 5/25) installing python-pycparser [####################################] 100%
( 6/25) installing python-cffi [####################################] 100%
Optional dependencies for python-cffi
python-setuptools: "limited api" version checking in cffi.setuptools_ext
( 7/25) installing python-cryptography [####################################] 100%
( 8/25) installing python-filelock [####################################] 100%
( 9/25) installing python-packaging [####################################] 100%
(10/25) installing python-wheel [####################################] 100%
Optional dependencies for python-wheel
python-keyring: for wheel.signatures
python-xdg: for wheel.signatures
python-setuptools: for legacy bdist_wheel subcommand
(11/25) installing python-pip [####################################] 100%
(12/25) installing xorg-server-xvfb [####################################] 100%
(13/25) installing zip [####################################] 100%
(14/25) installing c-ares [####################################] 100%
(15/25) installing simdjson [####################################] 100%
(16/25) installing nodejs [####################################] 100%
Optional dependencies for nodejs
npm: nodejs package manager
(17/25) installing yasm [####################################] 100%
(18/25) installing unzip [####################################] 100%
(19/25) installing mercurial [####################################] 100%
Optional dependencies for mercurial
tk: for the hgk GUI
(20/25) installing dump_syms [####################################] 100%
(21/25) installing imake [####################################] 100%
Optional dependencies for imake
perl: for mkhtmlindex [installed]
(22/25) installing sccache [####################################] 100%
Optional dependencies for sccache
memcached: Memcached support
valkey: Redis support
(23/25) installing llvm [####################################] 100%
(24/25) installing wasi-libc++ [####################################] 100%
(25/25) installing cbindgen [####################################] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/1) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
==> Making package: waterfox 6.6.7-1 (Sat 07 Feb 2026 05:03:15 PM AEDT)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
-> Found waterfox-6.6.7.tar.gz
-> Found locales.tar.gz
-> Found waterfox.desktop
==> WARNING: Skipping all source file integrity checks.
==> Removing existing $srcdir/ directory...
==> Extracting sources...
-> Extracting waterfox-6.6.7.tar.gz with bsdtar
waterfox-6.6.7/devtools/client/shared/test/shared-head.js: Truncated tar archive detected while reading data: Unknown error -1
bsdtar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
==> ERROR: Failed to extract waterfox-6.6.7.tar.gz
Aborting...
-> error making: waterfox-exit status 1
checking dependencies...
:: clang optionally requires llvm: referenced by some clang headers
:: python optionally requires python-pip: for installing Python packages using tooling that is usually bundled with Python
Packages (25) c-ares-1.34.6-1 python-attrs-25.4.0-3 python-cffi-2.0.0-2 python-cryptography-46.0.4-1
python-filelock-3.20.3-1 python-packaging-26.0-1 python-pycparser-2.23-2
python-wheel-0.46.3-1 simdjson-1:4.2.4-1 cbindgen-0.29.2-1 dump_syms-2.3.6-1 imake-1.0.11-1
llvm-21.1.6-2 mercurial-7.2-1 nodejs-25.6.0-1 python-pip-25.3-3 sccache-0.12.0-1
unzip-6.0-23 wasi-compiler-rt-21.1.6-1 wasi-libc-1:0+503+ac020b86-1 wasi-libc++-21.1.6-1
wasi-libc++abi-21.1.6-1 xorg-server-xvfb-21.1.21-1 yasm-1.3.0-9 zip-3.0-11
Total Removed Size: 325.76 MiB
:: Do you want to remove these packages? [Y/n]
:: Processing package changes...
( 1/25) removing sccache [####################################] 100%
( 2/25) removing yasm [####################################] 100%
( 3/25) removing python-pip [####################################] 100%
( 4/25) removing python-wheel [####################################] 100%
( 5/25) removing python-packaging [####################################] 100%
( 6/25) removing python-filelock [####################################] 100%
( 7/25) removing python-cryptography [####################################] 100%
( 8/25) removing python-cffi [####################################] 100%
( 9/25) removing python-pycparser [####################################] 100%
(10/25) removing python-attrs [####################################] 100%
(11/25) removing wasi-libc++ [####################################] 100%
(12/25) removing nodejs [####################################] 100%
(13/25) removing simdjson [####################################] 100%
(14/25) removing c-ares [####################################] 100%
(15/25) removing llvm [####################################] 100%
(16/25) removing cbindgen [####################################] 100%
(17/25) removing zip [####################################] 100%
(18/25) removing wasi-libc++abi [####################################] 100%
(19/25) removing wasi-compiler-rt [####################################] 100%
(20/25) removing wasi-libc [####################################] 100%
(21/25) removing imake [####################################] 100%
(22/25) removing dump_syms [####################################] 100%
(23/25) removing mercurial [####################################] 100%
(24/25) removing unzip [####################################] 100%
(25/25) removing xorg-server-xvfb [####################################] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/1) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
-> Failed to install the following packages. Manual intervention is required:
waterfox - exit status 1(using skip integrity as the main file was failing.)
I'd appreciate if someone were to tell me what's going on with the tar.gz file (which I have tested to not work properly on my arch device, whilst it appears to unzip fine on another device (Linux Mint).
If there isn't much to be done, figuring out how to install the tar.bz2 from the downloads page the "arch way" would be greatly appreciated.
System info:
Arch Linux x86_64 | Kernel Linux 6.18.7-arch1-1 | bash 5.3.9 | KDE Plasma 6.5.5 Wayland | Installed using archinstallOffline
#2 2026-02-07 07:06:16
- 5hridhyan
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Re: Unable to install AUR Waterfox
Have you tried clearing your build cache? and then re-try it?
Last edited by 5hridhyan (2026-02-07 07:06:50)
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#3 2026-02-07 07:25:20
- SmolAlli
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Re: Unable to install AUR Waterfox
Yes, same issue.
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#4 2026-02-07 07:41:25
- 5hridhyan
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Re: Unable to install AUR Waterfox
oh! try without --skipinteg, If it fails again, your connection is likely dropping packets from that source, or the archive is getting corrupted locally I guess, whatever it is, you should probably use pre-compiled one "waterfox-bin" (I saw it, now it shows outdated)
the "Arch" way: just download the tar.bz2 from the site, the "clean" way is to extract it to /opt/ and symlink the binary to /usr/local/bin/; desktop entry and all, but waterfox-bin does all that for you.
Edit: Since yay already downloaded the sources, you can usually reuse the desktop entry it fetched
Last edited by 5hridhyan (2026-02-07 07:55:08)
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#5 2026-02-07 08:05:20
- SmolAlli
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Re: Unable to install AUR Waterfox
Found the issue: my internet connection. Switched from my ethernet to my wifi and it appears to be working now.
Thanks anyways, appreciate it!
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#6 2026-02-07 08:08:56
- 5hridhyan
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Re: Unable to install AUR Waterfox
Glad you found it! Ethernet packet loss can be a nightmare to debug since you usually assume the cable is 'fine.' it might take a while to complete now
Grab a coffee!
Don't forget to mark the thread as [SOLVED] when you're up and running. 
Last edited by 5hridhyan (2026-02-07 08:10:08)
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#7 2026-02-07 09:02:19
- WorMzy
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Re: Unable to install AUR Waterfox
Mod note: moving to AUR Issues
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