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IceHand

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-05-06

Posts: 53

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[Solved] system-config-printer upgrade error

When trying to make a full system upgrade I get this error due to the system-config-printer package:

:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (22): boost-1.36.0-2  dhcpcd-4.0.2-1  e2fsprogs-1.41.2-1  
              babl-0.0.22-1  gegl-0.0.18-1  gimp-2.6.1-1  gmp-4.2.4-1.1  
              kernel26-2.6.27-2  libisofs-0.6.10-1  mpfr-2.3.2-2  icu-4.0-2  
              openoffice-base-3.0.0-1  popt-1.14-1  sqlite3-3.6.3-2  
              qt-4.4.3-1  qscintilla-2.3-1  system-config-printer-1.0.8-1  
              tagpy-0.94.5-7  tcl-8.5.5-1  tk-8.5.5-1  wine-1.1.6-1  
              xvidcore-1.1.3-2  

Total Download Size:    0.00 MB
Total Installed Size:   743.27 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
checking package integrity...
(22/22) checking for file conflicts                 [#####################] 100%
error: could not prepare transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
system-config-printer: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/cupshelpers/__init__.pyc exists in filesystem
system-config-printer: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/cupshelpers/cupshelpers.pyc exists in filesystem
system-config-printer: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/cupshelpers/openprinting.pyc exists in filesystem
system-config-printer: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/cupshelpers/ppds.pyc exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Last edited by IceHand (2008-10-18 09:59:18)

Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

Posts: 11,404

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Re: [Solved] system-config-printer upgrade error

Check what package owns those files (pacman -Qo <full pah to file>).  If they are not owned by another package, it is safe to delete them.  Otherwise, file a bug report.

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IceHand

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-05-06

Posts: 53

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Re: [Solved] system-config-printer upgrade error

Huh, none of the files were owned by a package so I deleted them and the upgrade went fine. I wonder how they ended up being orphaned though …

prometej

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From: Zagreb, Croatia

Registered: 2008-10-10

Posts: 19

Re: [Solved] system-config-printer upgrade error

Allan, thank you for the sollution, I had the same problem as IceHand.
your tip with pacman -Qo helped.

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