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Zibi1981

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Registered: 2008-01-31

Posts: 644

[SOLVED] Cannot update system - some files "exist in filesystem"

It's not the first time I get such an error and not the only package. How to resolve this (beside manually removing all of the mentioned files)?

sudo pacman -Syu

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error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/lib/systemd/user/xdg-desktop-portal-rewrite-launchers.service exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/lib/systemd/user/xdg-desktop-portal.service exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/lib/systemd/user/xdg-document-portal.service exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/lib/systemd/user/xdg-permission-store.service exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal-rewrite-launchers exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal-validate-icon exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/lib/xdg-document-portal exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/lib/xdg-permission-store exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Access.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Account.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.AppChooser.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Background.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Clipboard.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.DynamicLauncher.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Email.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.FileChooser.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.GlobalShortcuts.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Inhibit.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.InputCapture.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Lockdown.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Notification.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Print.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.RemoteDesktop.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Request.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.ScreenCast.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Screenshot.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Secret.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Session.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Settings.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Wallpaper.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Account.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Background.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Camera.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Clipboard.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Device.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Documents.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.DynamicLauncher.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Email.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.FileChooser.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.FileTransfer.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.GameMode.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.GlobalShortcuts.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Inhibit.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.InputCapture.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Location.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.MemoryMonitor.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.NetworkMonitor.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Notification.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.OpenURI.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.PowerProfileMonitor.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Print.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.ProxyResolver.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Realtime.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.RemoteDesktop.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Request.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.ScreenCast.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Screenshot.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Secret.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Session.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Settings.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Trash.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Wallpaper.xml exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore.service exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop.service exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.portal.Documents.service exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/doc/xdg-desktop-portal/docbook.css exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/doc/xdg-desktop-portal/portal-docs.html exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/doc/xdg-desktop-portal/redirect.html exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/man/man5/portals.conf.5.gz exists in filesystem
xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/share/pkgconfig/xdg-desktop-portal.pc exists in filesystem

Last edited by Zibi1981 (2024-04-17 19:40:23)

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot update system - some files "exist in filesystem"

sudo pacman -Sy --dbonly xdg-desktop-portal
sudo pacman -Syu xdg-desktop-portal

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot update system - some files "exist in filesystem"

Obviously your pacman db is corrupted, since (some) installed packages are not registered as such.
Use pacman -S --dbolny to mark those as installed. For further details read pacman's man page.
Since you said, that this is not the first time happening, the more important question to ask would be how to avoid this in the future.
And the answer to this is to not interrupt pacman's transactions.

Edit: Ninja'd

Last edited by schard (2024-04-17 18:47:26)

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Zibi1981

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From: Poland

Registered: 2008-01-31

Posts: 644

Re: [SOLVED] Cannot update system - some files "exist in filesystem"

sudo pacman -Sy --dbonly xdg-desktop-portal
sudo pacman -Syu xdg-desktop-portal

Thanks for the tip, it worked.

Obviously your pacman db is corrupted, since (some) installed packages are not registered as such.
Use pacman -S --dbolny to mark those as installed. For further details read pacman's man page.
Since you said, that this is not the first time happening, the more important question to ask would be how to avoid this in the future.
And the answer to this is to not interrupt pacman's transactions.

Edit: Ninja'd

Interruption of update process did actually happen to me, but it was due to the suspension of it.

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