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odin1983

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Registered: 2006-03-04

Posts: 16

Can't upgrade system -> nvidia conflict

[root@myhost mario]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
current                  [################] 100%      66K    74.3K/s  00:00:00
extra                    [################] 100%     252K   208.0K/s  00:00:01
fouiny_repo              [################] 100%       4K     0.6K/s  00:00:06
community                [################] 100%     101K    99.9K/s  00:00:01
:: Replace mawk with gawk from "current"? [Y/n] Y
:: libgl-dri conflicts with nvidia. Remove nvidia? [Y/n] Y

error: libgl-dri conflicts with nvidia-utils

When I try uninstall nvidia-utils I receive message that are many dependiences of this package and I can't. Any suggestions ?

Insane-Boy

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Registered: 2006-02-27

Posts: 243

Re: Can't upgrade system -> nvidia conflict

Try with pacman -Rd pkgname.For more info the option "d" skips all dep cheks.

ozar

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From: USA

Registered: 2005-02-18

Posts: 1,686

Re: Can't upgrade system -> nvidia conflict

This stuff was asked and answered many times already.  Do a forum search with "libgl-dri conflicts with nvidia" and you'll find lots of threads with answers for fixing this.  It's a simple fix. 

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oz