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augustl

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Registered: 2010-02-22

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Pacman in a state of no return

augustl:~$ sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 testing is up to date
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: firefox-branded: requires xulrunner=1.9.2.6
augustl:~$ sudo pacman -S xulrunner
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: firefox-branded: requires xulrunner=1.9.2.6
augustl:~$

How can I get out of this mess?

JackH79

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From: Australia

Registered: 2009-06-18

Posts: 663

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Re: Pacman in a state of no return

update: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18019 first

tomk

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Registered: 2004-07-21

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Re: Pacman in a state of no return

In general - updating aur packages is entirely your responsibility. If you have aur packages installed, you should anticipate breakage and be prepared.

augustl

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Registered: 2010-02-22

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Re: Pacman in a state of no return

augustl:~$ sudo clyde -S firefox-branded
:: firefox-branded package not found, searching for group...
:: firefox-branded group not found, searching AUR...

==> Installing the following packages from AUR
Targets (1): firefox-branded  

==> Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
==> Downloading firefox-branded.tar.gz
    ( Unsupported package from AUR: Potentially dangerous! )
==> Edit the PKGBUILD (highly recommended for security reasons)? [Y/n] n
==> Edit firefox.install (highly recommended for security reasons)? [Y/n] n
==> Making package: firefox-branded 3.6.8-1 (Wed Jul 28 10:24:36 CEST 2010)
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Missing Dependencies:
  -> xulrunner=1.9.2.8
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> ERROR: Could not resolve all dependencies.
error: Build failed
augustl:~$ sudo clyde -S xulrunner
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: firefox-branded: requires xulrunner=1.9.2.6
augustl:~$

Seems like AUR has the same problems. Or clyde, at least.

JackH79

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From: Australia

Registered: 2009-06-18

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Re: Pacman in a state of no return

# clyde -R firefox-branded
# clyde -Syu
# clyde -S firefox-branded

augustl

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Registered: 2010-02-22

Posts: 33

Re: Pacman in a state of no return

Thanks! Removing the firefox-branded package solved it.

Last edited by augustl (2010-07-28 08:57:06)

JackH79

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From: Australia

Registered: 2009-06-18

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Re: Pacman in a state of no return

It would be great if you could add [SOLVED] to this thread's title. Thanks.
(Edit your first post)

SanskritFritz

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From: Budapest, Hungary

Registered: 2009-01-08

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Re: Pacman in a state of no return

BTW using firebrand is nuch simpler than compiling firefox from source.
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34559

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