diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index d690993..f086a63 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -384,7 +384,8 @@ ALWAYS_PACKAGES=(
     # Internet
     "wget"
     # Compression tools
-    "zip gzip p7zip unace unrar xarchiver"
+    # (p7zip was RETIRED in Fedora 44; '7zip' is the official replacement)
+    "zip gzip 7zip unace unrar xarchiver"
     # Office and Editors
     "libreoffice"
     # Multimedia
@@ -394,11 +395,21 @@ ALWAYS_PACKAGES=(
 step "6 Always-installed packages"
 rule
 
+always_failed=""
 for category in "${ALWAYS_PACKAGES[@]}"; do
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    install_packages $category
+    if ! install_packages $category; then
+        color_red "  Failed: $category"
+        color_red "  (a package in this line has no match — the rest of the install continues)"
+        always_failed="yes"
+        pause_if_debug
+    fi
 done
-ok "Always-packages installed."
+if [[ -z "$always_failed" ]]; then
+    ok "Always-packages installed."
+else
+    warn "Always-packages finished with failures (see red lines above)."
+fi
 pause_if_debug
 
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