[SOLVED] error pacman: /var/cache/pacman/pkg exists in filesystem

theodore · 2015-01-26 06:40:11

Hi guys, yesterday night I tried to update my system and I got the following error which seems weird:

resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Package (1)  Old Version  New Version  Net Change

core/pacman  4.2.0-5      4.2.0-6        0.00 MiB

Total Installed Size:  4.22 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:      0.00 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                                                                      [##########################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity                                                                    [##########################################################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                                                                         [##########################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                                                                   [##########################################################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
pacman: /var/cache/pacman/pkg exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

It seems weird to me because it conflicts to the whole folder and not to any specific package. Any clue, what is going on and how to solve it?

Last edited by theodore (2015-01-26 19:51:37)

Allan · 2015-01-26 08:59:31

Is your /var/cache/pacman/pkg a directory or a symlink?

theodore · 2015-01-26 11:34:09

Allan wrote:

Is your /var/cache/pacman/pkg a directory or a symlink?

yes I have it in a different partition and then I have symilinked it

clfarron4 · 2015-01-26 12:38:39

theodore wrote:

Allan wrote:
Is your /var/cache/pacman/pkg a directory or a symlink?
yes I have it in a different partition and then I have symilinked it

I'd have thought it would have been better to set a different directory for the pacman cache, mounting the partition to that through /etc/fstab and using the CacheDir variable in /etc/pacman.conf, but I'll leave that to your judgement.

If you don't want to do that, then I'll leave someone else to put up a solution (my brain's screaming bind mounts for some unknown reason).

Last edited by clfarron4 (2015-01-26 12:40:39)

theodore · 2015-01-26 14:04:53

clfarron4 wrote:

theodore wrote:
Allan wrote:
Is your /var/cache/pacman/pkg a directory or a symlink?
yes I have it in a different partition and then I have symilinked it
I'd have thought it would have been better to set a different directory for the pacman cache, mounting the partition to that through /etc/fstab and using the CacheDir variable in /etc/pacman.conf, but I'll leave that to your judgement.
If you don't want to do that, then I'll leave someone else to put up a solution (my brain's screaming bind mounts for some unknown reason).

So, you are saying that I should enable the CacheDir in /etc/pacman.conf and point it to the partition where I have now the pacman cache.

Allan · 2015-01-26 14:40:56

CacheDir is the way to go. Or do a bind mount if you don't want to use CacheDir for some reason.

theodore · 2015-01-26 15:56:01

Thanks you guys.

One last question, after I change the path that CacheDir points to, do I need to erase the /var/cache/pacman/pkg symlink directory as well?

Last edited by theodore (2015-01-26 16:46:26)

Leonid.I · 2015-01-26 19:15:42

theodore wrote:

Thanks you guys.
One last question, after I change the path that CacheDir points to, do I need to erase the /var/cache/pacman/pkg symlink directory as well?

Yes, you need to create a real dir /var/cache/pacman/pkg with permissions 0755 root:root because it is owned by pacman.

theodore · 2015-01-26 19:47:29

Leonid.I wrote:

theodore wrote:
Thanks you guys.
One last question, after I change the path that CacheDir points to, do I need to erase the /var/cache/pacman/pkg symlink directory as well?
Yes, you need to create a real dir /var/cache/pacman/pkg with permissions 0755 root:root because it is owned by pacman.

thanks for the confirmation, everything is fine now.

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#1 2015-01-26 06:40:11

[SOLVED] error pacman: /var/cache/pacman/pkg exists in filesystem

#2 2015-01-26 08:59:31

Re: [SOLVED] error pacman: /var/cache/pacman/pkg exists in filesystem

#3 2015-01-26 11:34:09

Re: [SOLVED] error pacman: /var/cache/pacman/pkg exists in filesystem

#4 2015-01-26 12:38:39

Re: [SOLVED] error pacman: /var/cache/pacman/pkg exists in filesystem

#5 2015-01-26 14:04:53

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#6 2015-01-26 14:40:56

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#7 2015-01-26 15:56:01

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#8 2015-01-26 19:15:42

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