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seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 51,056

Re: [SOLVED] powershell visual issue

Tried *what*
Please don't paraphrase, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

Well yes unless it wouldn't say conflicting package.

pacman -Qs powerline-shell

Does the package "powerline-shell-git-r588.4b19aa4-1" show up?

Spoiler: It's the package you're currently failing to build, it's therefore neither installed nor conflicting.
You've conflicting files from your previous installation that side-stepped pacman.

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Fabienne

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Registered: 2022-10-06

Posts: 42

Re: [SOLVED] powershell visual issue

Help vampires usually don't come up with new and creative ways to circumvent the solution at every step

I guess if there's really no understanding for anything one's doing…

@Fabienne, did somebody else install archlinux for you and then left you alone in front of the system?

I did it all by myself but back then I had the nerves, were physically and psychically healthy but thanks to lot of misfortunes in job, private life and such I'm no longer the same fit person and simply meant to maintain my OS once in a while to keep the system up-to-date.

Fabienne

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Registered: 2022-10-06

Posts: 42

Re: [SOLVED] powershell visual issue

pacman -Qs powerline-shell

Does the package "powerline-shell-git-r588.4b19aa4-1" show up?

No.

Fuxino

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From: Slovakia

Registered: 2014-09-26

Posts: 178

Re: [SOLVED] powershell visual issue

Well yes unless it wouldn't say conflicting package.

It says "conflicting files", not "conflicting package". That's because you installed powerline-shell using `python setup.py install`, which created the file /usr/bin/powerline-shell. So when pacman tries to install the package, it finds that file already there and by default doesn't overwrite it. So, you either remove the file and then install the package with pacman, or you tell pacman to overwrite it.

Fabienne

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Registered: 2022-10-06

Posts: 42

Re: [SOLVED] powershell visual issue

Well yes unless it wouldn't say conflicting package.

It says "conflicting files", not "conflicting package". That's because you installed powerline-shell using `python setup.py install`, which created the file /usr/bin/powerline-shell. So when pacman tries to install the package, it finds that file already there and by default doesn't overwrite it. So, you either remove the file and then install the package with pacman, or you tell pacman to overwrite it.

Overwrite it like it with this? Afaik, -o is shorthand for overwrite

$ makepkg -i -o

Fuxino

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From: Slovakia

Registered: 2014-09-26

Posts: 178

Re: [SOLVED] powershell visual issue

Overwrite it like it with this? Afaik, -o is shorthand for overwrite

It is not: https://man.archlinux.org/man/makepkg.8

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 51,056

Re: [SOLVED] powershell visual issue

"-o" means you didn't actually build the package and you neither have to "update the system" nor "reboot" here.
Build the package, install it your next invocation of powerline-shell will hopefully be fine.

Frankly, you need somebody to maintain the system for you.

Edit: before you try "-f", that's not gonna work either.
You've already built the package, use

sudo pacman -U --overwrite '*' powerline-shell-git-r588.4b19aa4-1*

to install it and steamroll over any file in the way.

Last edited by seth (2023-05-29 21:37:06)

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Fabienne

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Registered: 2022-10-06

Posts: 42

Re: [SOLVED] powershell visual issue

"-o" means you didn't actually build the package and you neither have to "update the system" nor "reboot" here.
Build the package, install it your next invocation of powerline-shell will hopefully be fine.

Frankly, you need somebody to maintain the system for you.

Edit: before you try "-f", that's not gonna work either.
You've already built the package, use

sudo pacman -U --overwrite '*' powerline-shell-git-r588.4b19aa4-1*

to install it and steamroll over any file in the way.

I knew you were nice enough to hand me over the needed puzzle parts in order to get it fixed, thanks! *hug*