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Lowra

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Registered: 2009-09-21

Posts: 192

Cannot upgrade PCManFM: libfm: /usr/include/libfm exists in filesystem

Hey,

It's been a few days now that I am not able anymore to mount any usb stick or external hdd with PCManFM.
Maybe it's related to this news: "ConsoleKit replaced by logind" by if that's the case I don't know how to deal with it.
Anyway, I thought that a pacman -Syu could be a good start, I happily saw a upgrade of libfm & pcmanfm was available, but I can't get the upgrade done:

[david@laptop ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu
[sudo] password for david:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra                   1424.5 KiB   510K/s 00:03 [######################] 100%
community               1775.9 KiB   572K/s 00:03 [######################] 100%
multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (2): libfm-1.1.0-1  pcmanfm-1.1.0-1

Total Download Size:    0.60 MiB
Total Installed Size:   4.86 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       -1.16 MiB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages from community...
libfm-1.1.0-1-x86_64     455.3 KiB   304K/s 00:01 [######################] 100%
pcmanfm-1.1.0-1-x86_64   160.5 KiB   502K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
(2/2) checking package integrity                   [######################] 100%
(2/2) loading package files                        [######################] 100%
(2/2) checking for file conflicts                  [######################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
libfm: /usr/include/libfm exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

If it can be of anyhelp:
My .xinitrc:

#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)

if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
  for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
    [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
  done
  unset f
fi

exec openbox-session
# exec gnome-session
# exec startkde
# exec startxfce4
# ...or the Window Manager of your choice

Thank you !

DSpider

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From: Romania

Registered: 2009-08-23

Posts: 2,273

Re: Cannot upgrade PCManFM: libfm: /usr/include/libfm exists in filesystem

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … stem.22.21

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Into the Pit

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Registered: 2010-09-04

Posts: 37

Re: Cannot upgrade PCManFM: libfm: /usr/include/libfm exists in filesystem

libfm is now a symlink to libfm-1.0, that's why you cannot upgrade the package. I renamed the original libfm folder an the upgrade went well.

phil

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Registered: 2012-09-22

Posts: 72

Re: Cannot upgrade PCManFM: libfm: /usr/include/libfm exists in filesystem

I removed pcmanfm and all dependencies und reinstalled it. Another way to avoid that problem.

Lowra

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Registered: 2009-09-21

Posts: 192

Re: Cannot upgrade PCManFM: libfm: /usr/include/libfm exists in filesystem

@DSpider: I wasn't aware of that thing "This is a design feature, not a flaw", sorry.

@phil: Thank you I did the same, as it isn't risky to my eyes, and it worked, thanks !

deniolp

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From: Spain

Registered: 2012-09-11

Posts: 24

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Re: Cannot upgrade PCManFM: libfm: /usr/include/libfm exists in filesystem

I removed pcmanfm and all dependencies und reinstalled it. Another way to avoid that problem.

I had the same problem.. Removed pcmanfm, updated and now it works.. Thank you!

Last edited by deniolp (2012-11-01 20:09:09)

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2ManyDogs

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Registered: 2012-01-15

Posts: 4,646

Re: Cannot upgrade PCManFM: libfm: /usr/include/libfm exists in filesystem

From the link DSpider posted:

The issue is usually trivial to solve. A safe way is to first check if another package owns the file (pacman -Qo /path/to/file). If the file is owned by another package, file a bug report. If the file is not owned by another package, rename the file which 'exists in filesystem' and re-issue the update command. If all goes well, the file may then be removed.

Last edited by 2ManyDogs (2012-11-01 20:15:55)

BrainWorker

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Registered: 2011-02-23

Posts: 26

Re: Cannot upgrade PCManFM: libfm: /usr/include/libfm exists in filesystem

pacman -S --force libfm
pacman -S pcmanfm

... according to pcmanfm's wiki

Last edited by BrainWorker (2012-11-02 04:12:15)

WonderWoofy

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From: Los Gatos, CA

Registered: 2012-05-19

Posts: 8,414

Re: Cannot upgrade PCManFM: libfm: /usr/include/libfm exists in filesystem

I do not see this in the wiki... I rather think this is bad advice, as it might make some users think they can use the --force flag all willy nilly, without a care.

BrainWorker

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Registered: 2011-02-23

Posts: 26

Re: Cannot upgrade PCManFM: libfm: /usr/include/libfm exists in filesystem

Every installed package provides /var/lib/pacman/local/$package-$version/files file that contains metadata about this package. If this file gets corrupted - is empty or missing - it results in "file exists in filesystem" errors when trying to update the package. Such an error usually concerns only one package and instead of manually renaming and later removing all the files that belong to the package in question, you can run pacman -S --force $package to force pacman to overwrite these files.

Do not run pacman -Syu --force.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … stem.22.21

WonderWoofy

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From: Los Gatos, CA

Registered: 2012-05-19

Posts: 8,414

Re: Cannot upgrade PCManFM: libfm: /usr/include/libfm exists in filesystem

... according to pcmanfm's wiki

Okay, I thought you were referring to the pcmanfm page, and that someone had put that you should do that with that one package.  I guess the above is probably a typo then.  That quote from the pacman page seems much more reasonable, as it explains why it is safe to use the --force.  Using the --force without understanding why, or at least being told by the news or a dev, is just outright dangerous... like michael jackson...

Barthalion

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From: Poland

Registered: 2010-02-26

Posts: 111

Re: Cannot upgrade PCManFM: libfm: /usr/include/libfm exists in filesystem

Using --force is perfectly correct solution here. /usr/include/libfm became symlink to /usr/include/libfm-1.0/ and pacman probably doesn't know how to handle it.
However I pushed libfm-1.1.0-2 with quite ugly fix.

Last edited by Barthalion (2012-11-02 10:07:03)