As orca should be built against python3.11: 1. meson built against 3.11 should be installed. As such a meson package is stored in ../meson, do this as root: cd ../meson upgradepkg --reinstall *txz To revert after having built orca: slapt-get -i --reinstall meson 2. Also /usr/bin/python3 should link to /usr/bin/python3.11, so as root type cd /usr/bin ln -sf python3.11 python3 Revert to /usr/bin/python3.9 after having built orca. Still as root, type: ln -sf python3.9 python3