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helmut

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Registered: 2008-10-10

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[SOLVED]Cannot upgrade pacman because gnupg and gnupg2 are in conflict

I have tried a system update with "pacman -Syu". Pacman says that pacman needs to be upgraded first. I let this happen. Then I get the conflict. Both paths (remove gnupg2 and not remove gnupg2) fail.

:: gnupg and gnupg2 are in conflict. Remove gnupg2? [y/N] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: gcc: requires gcc-libs=4.6.2-7

:: gnupg and gnupg2 are in conflict. Remove gnupg2? [y/N] n
error: unresolvable package conflicts detected
error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)

Has anybody an idea how to proceed. An atempt to upgrade gcc fails as well

pacman -S gcc
:: The following packages should be upgraded first :
    pacman
:: Do you want to cancel the current operation
:: and upgrade these packages now? [Y/n] n

resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: libtool: requires gcc=4.6.2

Since any incosistency between gcc and its related libraries are usual fatal, I prefer not to experiment.

Thanks in advance for any hint.

Helmut

Last edited by helmut (2012-05-30 19:49:59)

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED]Cannot upgrade pacman because gnupg and gnupg2 are in conflict

Covered extensively over the last couple of months, eg:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=139412
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1057709
et al...

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helmut

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Registered: 2008-10-10

Posts: 65

Re: [SOLVED]Cannot upgrade pacman because gnupg and gnupg2 are in conflict

Thanks, I should have searched before posting.

nlw

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Registered: 2012-01-18

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Re: [SOLVED]Cannot upgrade pacman because gnupg and gnupg2 are in conflict

Thank you two, because I had the same problem and here is here I found the answer, even if it was extensively documented elsewhere.