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adamchow

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Registered: 2012-04-08

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[SOLVED] Clean install gets error when doing -Syu, -Syyu curl, etc.

I just installed a clean copy of Arch 2011.10 on Rackspace Cloud servers.

I am trying to update the system and get some errors, I am following the guide in the wiki.  This is what Ive done so far. Also I plan to use this server for Ruby on Rails, Any suggestions on the best practice to get this up and running would be great. Guides, or what to do.

[root@user /]# pacman -Syy
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core                                                                              101.9K 1972.0K/s 00:00:00 [#################################################################] 100%
extra                                                                            1385.1K    7.4M/s 00:00:00 [#################################################################] 100%
community                                                                        1638.5K    8.7M/s 00:00:00 [#################################################################] 100%
[root@user /]# pacman -Syyu curl
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core                                                                              101.9K 1945.7K/s 00:00:00 [#################################################################] 100%
extra                                                                            1385.1K    7.2M/s 00:00:00 [#################################################################] 100%
community                                                                        1638.5K    9.2M/s 00:00:00 [#################################################################] 100%
:: The following packages should be upgraded first :
    pacman
:: Do you want to cancel the current operation
:: and upgrade these packages now? [Y/n] y

resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (11): linux-api-headers-3.3-1  glibc-2.15-10  libarchive-3.0.4-1  pth-2.0.7-4  libksba-1.2.0-2  libassuan-2.0.3-1  pinentry-0.8.1-3  dirmngr-1.1.0-4  gnupg-2.0.19-1
              gpgme-1.3.1-4  pacman-4.0.2-1

Total Download Size:    11.78 MB
Total Installed Size:   56.82 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages from core...
linux-api-headers-3.3-1-x86_64                                                    594.3K    4.4M/s 00:00:00 [#################################################################] 100%
glibc-2.15-10-x86_64                                                                7.6M   17.2M/s 00:00:00 [#################################################################] 100%
libarchive-3.0.4-1-x86_64                                                         529.3K    4.0M/s 00:00:00 [#################################################################] 100%
pth-2.0.7-4-x86_64                                                                 75.9K 1916.8K/s 00:00:00 [#################################################################] 100%
libksba-1.2.0-2-x86_64                                                            109.9K 1699.4K/s 00:00:00 [#################################################################] 100%
libassuan-2.0.3-1-x86_64                                                           76.5K 1469.3K/s 00:00:00 [#################################################################] 100%
pinentry-0.8.1-3-x86_64                                                            93.8K 1815.4K/s 00:00:00 [#################################################################] 100%
dirmngr-1.1.0-4-x86_64                                                            163.9K    2.0M/s 00:00:00 [#################################################################] 100%
gnupg-2.0.19-1-x86_64                                                            1446.4K    8.2M/s 00:00:00 [#################################################################] 100%
gpgme-1.3.1-4-x86_64                                                              207.9K    2.6M/s 00:00:00 [#################################################################] 100%
pacman-4.0.2-1-x86_64                                                            1033.3K    6.0M/s 00:00:00 [#################################################################] 100%
(11/11) checking package integrity                                                                           [#################################################################] 100%
(11/11) checking for file conflicts                                                                          [#################################################################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
glibc: /usr/bin/tzselect exists in filesystem
glibc: /usr/sbin/zdump exists in filesystem
glibc: /usr/sbin/zic exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
[root@user /]#

Thanks,
Adam

Last edited by adamchow (2012-04-08 20:55:04)

falconindy

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Re: [SOLVED] Clean install gets error when doing -Syu, -Syyu curl, etc.

Say 'no' to updating pacman first. It's a known issue.

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adamchow

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Registered: 2012-04-08

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Re: [SOLVED] Clean install gets error when doing -Syu, -Syyu curl, etc.

Say 'no' to updating pacman first. It's a known issue.

I said no to updating pacman, Now I went thru with a big list of stuff,  at the end I now get this:

error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
filesystem: /etc/mtab exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Nothing was upgraded...

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: [SOLVED] Clean install gets error when doing -Syu, -Syyu curl, etc.

Welcome to the forums.

Please search before posting: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1082344

Please use [ code ] tags for posting snippets of code.

like this

It makes the code more readable and - in case of longer listings - more convenient to scroll through.

mariusmeyer

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Registered: 2009-04-25

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Re: [SOLVED] Clean install gets error when doing -Syu, -Syyu curl, etc.

Maaaaaybe "/etc/mtab exists in filesystem" is something a lot of people have asked about on these forums....

EDIT: Defeated by karol...

Last edited by mariusmeyer (2012-04-08 20:09:51)

karol

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Re: [SOLVED] Clean install gets error when doing -Syu, -Syyu curl, etc.

Say 'no' to updating pacman first. It's a known issue.

I said no to updating pacman, Now I went thru with a big list of stuff,  at the end I now get this:

error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
filesystem: /etc/mtab exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Nothing was upgraded...

Read this: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57205
It tells you to check the front page news, the archives are here: http://www.archlinux.org/news/
http://www.archlinux.org/news/filesyste … -required/ is the news item you should read in particular.

EditL ytpo.
I meant: Edit: typo. ...

Last edited by karol (2012-04-08 20:13:12)

adamchow

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Registered: 2012-04-08

Posts: 7

Re: [SOLVED] Clean install gets error when doing -Syu, -Syyu curl, etc.

Karol, Thanks for the tips and the welcome

So read thru the links and I did:

 pacman -S tzdata 

 pacman -S filesystem --force 

then finally the regular command in the guides,

 pacman -Syyu curl 

Everything works now.

Thanks.

Last edited by adamchow (2012-04-08 20:39:16)

karol

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Re: [SOLVED] Clean install gets error when doing -Syu, -Syyu curl, etc.

Please remember to mark the thread as solved :-)
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=130309

Misfit138

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Re: [SOLVED] Clean install gets error when doing -Syu, -Syyu curl, etc.

Good work, everyone.

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