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This is a great guide to get things working, Thanks. However, after the new years 2026. The java situation has caused an issue with Cachyos with kernel updates. Bad news is, if you update currently after following this guide your system will not boot after any kernel updates. Luckily you can fallba...

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Fri Dec 26, 2025 11:39 pm

Thank you so very much! Confirming that following your steps to the letter works perfectly in Arch Linux 6.18.2 as of 26 December 2025.

Good to know. Have fun ripping!

Thank you jayandp. I recently switched from Mint to RebornOS (arch) and started to get a bit worried I wouldn't be able to run MakeMKV, then I found your post. As I already had MakeMKV 1.18.2 loaded, I only had to load the packages you listed and run the config on java and it's working fine. Thanks...

I've managed to get MakeMKV v1.18.1 working with my Pioneer BD-RW BDR-S13U on my CachyOS install, including UHD discs, so thought I'd go through the steps I did to get it working, just in case it could help others figure out there own setups. Some of these steps might be redundant, but I wanted to n...