Arch Linux

Berticus

Member

Registered: 2008-06-11

Posts: 731

Can't seem to update

So, I finally installed Arch. I opted for the CD installer instead of FTP since it seemed no matter which mirror I chose, I couldn't download any packages, but I had connection to the internet and was browsing along quite nicely in links. Having the CD install has put me back a bit, so I knew I had to update. The first thing I did was issue this command:

# pacman -Syu

Then it said pacman needed to be updated, so I updated it, chose one mirror in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, and then rebooted. Then I did this:

# pacman -Sc
# pacman -Syu

The good thing is it downloads everything. The bad news is I receive this:

error: could not prepare transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
gpm: /usr/lib/libgpm.so.1 exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

So now what?

tigrmesh

IRC Op

From: Florida, US

Registered: 2007-12-11

Posts: 794

Re: Can't seem to update

http://www.archlinux.org/news/391/

Berticus

Member

Registered: 2008-06-11

Posts: 731

Re: Can't seem to update

Ah, I see. Thanks a bunch!

Allan

Pacman

From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

Posts: 11,485

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Re: Can't seem to update

So, I finally installed Arch.

100+ posts and you only installed Arch!

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Berticus

Member

Registered: 2008-06-11

Posts: 731

Re: Can't seem to update

Yeah...  was lazy... But now the real fun begins! I get to transfer 1.3+ TB over 8) Isn't that fun? Actually I think I need to burn a couple DVD's first...