Install Error with XFCE

Issues & Assistance Installation and Live media
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Hello Everyone,

I complete installation of RebornOS (2026.01.22-x86_64) with KDE in a VM. After that I tried to install it with XFCE on an old Acer 1810TZ, and get an error.

I did the same thing in a VM (Reborn and XFCE) and get the same error.

However, I managed to install the offline version.

Here is the error from install.log:

16:24:39 [1]: void Calamares::ViewManager::onInstallationFailed(const QString&, const QString&)
ERROR: Installation failed: “Erreur du gestionnaire de paquets”
.. - message: “Erreur du gestionnaire de paquets”
.. - details: Le gestionnaire de paquets n’a pas pu apporter de modifications au système installé. La commande pacman -S --noconfirm --noprogressbar --needed --disable-download-timeout linux linux-firmware mkinitcpio efibootmgr amd-ucode intel-ucode sudo networkmanager python python-yaml mkinitcpio-openswap dosfstools e2fsprogs btrfs-progs xfsprogs f2fs-tools jfsutils exfatprogs firefox inxi openbsd-netcat network-manager-applet pciutils usbutils nano micro yay pamac-aur appimagelauncher adobe-source-han-serif-otc-fonts adobe-source-han-sans-otc-fonts base-devel polkit xdg-user-dirs xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-gtk accountsservice packagekit gvfs gvfs-afc gvfs-gphoto2 gvfs-mtp gvfs-nfs gvfs-smb xorg-server xorg-xwayland mesa pipewire lib32-pipewire pipewire-alsa alsa-card-profiles pipewire-pulse pipewire-jack lib32-pipewire-jack wireplumber gst-plugin-pipewire sof-firmware xdg-desktop-portal openvpn openconnect networkmanager-openconnect wireguard-tools gufw cups cups-pdf bluez bluez-utils blueman e2fsprogs dosfstools exfatprogs libinput xf86-input-libinput xorg-xinput virtualbox-guest-utils open-vm-tools gtkmm3 xf86-input-vmmouse mesa qemu-guest-agent spice-vdagent xf86-video-qxl x-resize rebornos-keyring rebornos-mirrorlist rebornos-os-release rebornos-logo rebornos-grub2-theme xfce4 xfce4-goodies lightdm lightdm-slick-greeter xreader xdg-desktop-portal-gtk xdg-desktop-portal-gnome xfce-polkit gnome-icon-theme engrampa gparted galculator xfce4-datetime-plugin feh a renvoyé le code d’erreur 1.
16:24:40 [6]: void Calamares::ViewManager::onInstallationFailed(const QString&, const QString&)

Have an idea ?

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it says package manager error --… I have had installed the same ISO successfully , but I did not changed
the default packages preselection.

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I only selected Xfce; the rest of the installation is default.

I tried the installation again in English in VMware, same error, here is the English version:

06:11:35 [1]: void Calamares::ViewManager::onInstallationFailed(const QString&, const QString&)
ERROR: Installation failed: “Package Manager error”
.. - message: “Package Manager error”
.. - details: The package manager could not make changes to the installed system. The command pacman -S --noconfirm --noprogressbar …(same list of packages as french version) …xfce4-datetime-plugin feh returned error code 1.

06:11:36 [6]: void Calamares::ViewManager::onInstallationFailed(const QString&, const QString&)

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Perhaps the package list needs to be updated in the installer. Arch might have changed something yet again. I will be traveling tomorrow, but I can send that the day after

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I made an online test install, going for KDE, because you already stated XFCE offline install
worked as it is, I had no errors, it worked well … maybe an issue with the ssd or network on your end ?

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As said in my first post, I started by installing KDE in a VM, and it is working very well, this is only XFCE online that seems to be not working. However, I haven’t tried the other versions.

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I guess you need to uncheck the xfce-datetime-plugin in the XFCE packages selection,
this is an end-of-lice package, Arch has dropped … I make a test installation with
this de-selected, and report back …

… affirmative - the problem was Arch has dropped the package xfce-datetime-plugin
if you deselect it in xfce miscellaneous the installer completes :slight_smile: !

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It was xfce-datetime-plugin, thank you so much :grinning_face:

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welcome to the forum, glad it worked :slight_smile: