[Solved]Can't install Thunar, 'index.theme exists in filesystem' error

vertimyst · 2009-02-25 02:43:20

Hi,

I'm trying to install Thunar via 'pacman -S thunar'. The packages downloaded fine, but after that, I get this output:

error: could not prepare transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
hicolor-icon-theme: /usr/share/icons/hicolor/index.theme exists in filesystem
Errors occured, no packages were upgraded.

Any idea what's wrong? I would simply go and remove the conflicting file, but I don't know if anything's using it. I'm using a almost-fresh install of Arch with Openbox.

Last edited by vertimyst (2009-02-25 04:44:53)

kaola_linux · 2009-02-25 04:35:02

I think it's safe to delete...I had lots of conflicts back when I was doing a fresh install and most of the are from /usr/share/* as well, what I did was simply delete the conflicting files....:)

vertimyst · 2009-02-25 04:44:01

Thanks for the advice - I made a backup of the file just in case before deleting it, and Thunar installed fine after that. Nothing seems broken (yet).

Thanks again!

adamlau · 2009-02-25 08:00:18

Have encountered the same under both Arch and Ubuntu, also deleted the file after first backing it up, no problems.

Ranguvar · 2009-02-25 22:24:32

Way to fix file conflicts is to first pacman -Qo the file. If it's reported as being part of another package, file a bug report. If not, it's probably safe to delete (first just move/rename it).

Arch Linux

#1 2009-02-25 02:43:20

[Solved]Can't install Thunar, 'index.theme exists in filesystem' error

#2 2009-02-25 04:35:02

Re: [Solved]Can't install Thunar, 'index.theme exists in filesystem' error

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Re: [Solved]Can't install Thunar, 'index.theme exists in filesystem' error

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