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korimitsu

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Registered: 2016-08-14

Posts: 191

[Solved] cfitsio and smem share same files

I get this error:

$ paru -S cfitsio
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (1) cfitsio-1:4.6.0-1

Total Installed Size:  2.08 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:      0.08 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                                                                                                                [#######################################################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity                                                                                                              [#######################################################################################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                                                                                                                   [#######################################################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                                                                                                             [#######################################################################################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
cfitsio: /usr/bin/smem exists in filesystem (owned by smem)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Last edited by korimitsu (2025-03-15 16:08:04)

WorMzy

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Re: [Solved] cfitsio and smem share same files

The maintainer has added a conflict to the smem package, does that resolve the issue for you?

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korimitsu

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Registered: 2016-08-14

Posts: 191

Re: [Solved] cfitsio and smem share same files

I just uninstalled smem because cfitsio is required by gwenview and libvips

Last edited by korimitsu (2025-03-15 16:08:16)