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OrigBitmancer

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Registered: 2019-01-22

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[Solved] Cannot uninstall "openblas"

Problem arises when trying to install sagemath:

pacman -S sagemath
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
:: openblas and atlas-lapack-base are in conflict (blas). Remove atlas-lapack-base? [y/N]
error: unresolvable package conflicts detected
error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
:: openblas and atlas-lapack-base are in conflict

So look for openblas to remove:
pacman -R openblas
error: target not found: openblas

Maybe it was from AUR?
~>>>> yay -R openblas
error: target not found: openblas

But:
>>>> pacman -Ss blas |grep -i 'blas '
extra/blas 3.8.0-2
extra/cblas 3.8.0-2
community/openblas 0.3.5-1
    An optimized BLAS library based on GotoBLAS2 1.13 BSD

So there has been a rogue install. How can I find and remove openblas?
(Removing atlas-lapack-base invalidates 16 packages, not an option)

Last edited by OrigBitmancer (2019-02-22 00:55:43)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 11,599

Re: [Solved] Cannot uninstall "openblas"

You have atlas-lapack-base installed, not openblas. If you want to replace it, don't answer N.

Last edited by Scimmia (2019-02-21 05:45:02)

OrigBitmancer

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Re: [Solved] Cannot uninstall "openblas"

Does this not show openblas installed?

>>>> pacman -Ss blas |grep -i 'blas '
...
community/openblas 0.3.5-1

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [Solved] Cannot uninstall "openblas"

No. -S works on sync databases, not on the installed info.

OrigBitmancer

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Re: [Solved] Cannot uninstall "openblas"

Jeebus. Serious brain fart. Sorry for forum traffic.

V1del

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Re: [Solved] Cannot uninstall "openblas"

Please mark as [SOLVED] by editing the title in your first post.

eschwartz

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Registered: 2014-08-08

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Re: [Solved] Cannot uninstall "openblas"

Maybe it was from AUR?
~>>>> yay -R openblas
error: target not found: openblas

yay -R does not remove AUR packages, it just runs pacman -R.

Please learn how AUR helpers work before using them.

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OrigBitmancer

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Re: [Solved] Cannot uninstall "openblas"

Eschwartz: please read post #5. It contains an apology. Please learn how apologies work before chastising.