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rockytriton

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Registered: 2014-08-12

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[SOLVED] maven package fails to install

FYI, I have previously installed other things into /opt (android studio)

Now when I try to run:
sudo pacman -S maven

I get the following output at the end:

(1/1) checking for file conflicts                                                                    [############################################################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
maven: /opt exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

So does this mean I have to delete /opt to install maven??

Last edited by rockytriton (2017-03-29 18:00:55)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED] maven package fails to install

Have you done something dumb like make /opt a symlink?

rockytriton

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Re: [SOLVED] maven package fails to install

yes i've done something dumb like that... it's on a mount

Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED] maven package fails to install

Mounting is fine, symlinking is not. A managed dir like /opt needs to stay a dir.

rockytriton

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Registered: 2014-08-12

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Re: [SOLVED] maven package fails to install

thanks for the info, i'll redo how i have opt referenced