compiz won't install

bunk · 2009-03-17 06:51:44

I am new to arch, but at the very least an intermediate linux user. I wanted to try arch, because I feel a lot of the distros are bloated. I am now about ready to quit linux after all the frustration arch has given me. First I spent forever getting a working nvidia driver.

Now my problem:

I want to do a compiz standalone. I even spent the time figuring out what I wanted in fedora by playing with some packages.

Compiz will not install. The installer complains that libgl and some mesa related files exists and quits. So what do I do. I previously had compiz installed before I installed my vid driver, but I botched that trying to get a working driver. I reinstalled and put on the working driver first. Sweet, now I can use xterm...

MilesRdz · 2009-03-17 06:57:15

What video card do you have and are you using the open source video driver or the proprietary driver?

bunk · 2009-03-17 07:00:07

9800m GTS

patched 177.82

I just opened my pacman.log to see if I could paste in the error, but it doesn't even show up.

Last edited by bunk (2009-03-17 07:06:58)

MilesRdz · 2009-03-17 07:14:12

So you tried to install the compiz-core package, right? libgl should only be installed for open source drivers because the "proprietary drivers have their own gl implementation..". Have you tried uninstalling those packages it complains about?

bunk · 2009-03-17 07:16:18

Yes, I tried compiz-core, fusion-icon, and compiz-fusion.

I tried uninstalling libgl, but pacman says it doesn't exist.

MilesRdz · 2009-03-17 07:18:03

Can you try posting the exact error messages it is giving you (doesn't have to be through the log I suppose)?

bunk · 2009-03-17 07:32:11

gah...

checks for file conflicts

error:could not prepare transaction
error failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
libgl: /usr/lib/libGL.so exists in filesystem
libgl: /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 exists in filesystem
libgl: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions.libglx.so exists in filesystem
mesa: /usr/include/GL/gl.h exists in filesystem
mesa: /usr/include/GL/glext.h exists in filesystem
mesa: /usr/include/GL/glx.h exists in filesystem
mesa: /usr/include/GL/glxext.h exists in filesystem
Erros occured, no packages were upgraded

pardon any errors, I just typed all out myself.

Last edited by bunk (2009-03-17 07:32:38)

MilesRdz · 2009-03-17 07:38:03

Manually delete those files (they are not packages).

bunk · 2009-03-17 07:38:57

Should I assume they are nothing I need?

bunk · 2009-03-17 07:46:14

Wow

I had thought of doing that, but deleting the wrong files was how I botched my last attempt. You're a life saver.

MilesRdz · 2009-03-17 07:46:27

bunk wrote:

Should I assume they are nothing I need?

As far as compiz is concerned anyways.
I'm not sure you actually NEED the files, though.

Edit: It worked out?

Last edited by MilesRdz (2009-03-17 07:46:53)

bunk · 2009-03-17 07:57:31

yeah, it installed. I saved them in a temp folder just in case, but I don't think they were needed.

Now installing AWN and the few apps I need. Let's see if I can get my compiz standalone going.

Thanks again.

MilesRdz · 2009-03-17 08:06:51

No problem.

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