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Ub1476

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Registered: 2008-01-21

Posts: 69

Unable to install Inkscape

Hi, I'm having a problem installing Inkscape. No clue what it is either..:/

Here's from terminal:

[kasper@myhost ~]$ sudo pacman -S inkscape
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets: pyxml-0.8.4-3  inkscape-0.46-1  

Total Download Size:    0.00 MB
Total Installed Size:   21.83 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
checking package integrity...
(2/2) checking for file conflicts                   [#####################] 100%
error: could not prepare transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
inkscape: /usr/share/pixmaps/inkscape.png exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

I tried svn with yaourt, and downloading from its homepage and compiling. None works.

Help is greatly appreciated:)

Mr.Elendig

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Re: Unable to install Inkscape

pacman -Sf inkscape

       -f, --force
           Bypass file conflict checks and overwrite conflicting files. If the package that is
           about to be installed contains files that are already installed, this option will
           cause all those files to be overwritten. This option should be used with care,
           ideally not at all.

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Redroar

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Registered: 2008-03-17

Posts: 200

Re: Unable to install Inkscape

Try:
sudo rm /usr/share/pixmaps/inkscape.png

It looks like for some reason the icon is there, and pacman won't overwrite it for fear of destroying data. I can't think of anything bad happening from removing that icon, and the error is pointing at it, so try getting rid of it and reinstalling,

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Ub1476

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Registered: 2008-01-21

Posts: 69

Re: Unable to install Inkscape

Thanks, that fixed it.

I tried to made a copy and remove the origianl, but that didn't work though. Odd..

Redroar

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Registered: 2008-03-17

Posts: 200

Re: Unable to install Inkscape

No problem.

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