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waffle0007

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[SOLVED] Error installing kernel built with ABS

When using pacman to install a custom built kernel, I run into this error about duplicate directory. Please let me know if I can provide any additional information. Thanks for any help!

pacman -U linux-saturn-headers-6.6.arch1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst linux-saturn-6.6.arch1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
doas (jack@saturn) password:
loading packages...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Package (2)           New Version  Net Change

linux-saturn          6.6.arch1-1    8.53 MiB
linux-saturn-headers  6.6.arch1-1   93.84 MiB

Total Installed Size:  102.37 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
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error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
/usr/lib/modules/6.6.0-arch1-1-saturn/build/ exists in both 'linux-saturn-headers' and 'linux-saturn'
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Last edited by waffle0007 (2023-11-06 18:28:54)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Error installing kernel built with ABS

Why's /usr/lib/modules/6.6.0-arch1-1-saturn/build/ in the kernel package?
How did you build those packages, what do the PKGBUILD(s) look like?

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waffle0007

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Re: [SOLVED] Error installing kernel built with ABS

I apologise for my mistake, I had originally commented out this line

# remove build and source links
rm "$modulesdir"/{source,build}

because the build process failed due to the `sources` directory not existing. After only removing the `build` directory, I'm able to install the package successfully. However, should I be concerned about the `sources` directory not existing?

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Error installing kernel built with ABS

They're certainly not required for regular use or building OOT modules.

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

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loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Error installing kernel built with ABS

Upstream change [1],  fixed in the PKGBUILD [2].

[1]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ke … a13cbe17c9
[2]: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/ … d01a491047

waffle0007

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Re: [SOLVED] Error installing kernel built with ABS

Thanks a lot for the help and information!