Pacman update error?

infernalarch · 2012-04-24 00:28:19

I'm trying to update my system and i get the following messages:

pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
:: Replace farsight2 with extra/farstream? [Y/n] y
:: Replace telepathy-farsight with extra/telepathy-farstream? [Y/n] y
:: Replace telepathy-qt4 with extra/telepathy-qt? [Y/n] y
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: muffin-wm: requires gtk3<=3.2.9

why is it asking me to replace those packages?. By the way i am running cinnamon, how do i update packages from AUR? is it yaourt -Syu??

Trilby · 2012-04-24 00:33:26

With yaourt, AUR packages can be upgraded with the --aur switch, or with everything else by "yaourt -Syua". The second is my preferred method.

I'm not familiar with those packages, but replacements such as that happen when (essentially) a package is renamed. Accepting (saying Yes) is generally the way to go with that prompt. The error from muffin-wm should not be related - it may be that the muffin-wm package is out of date, which could lead to this error, but again I know nothing of those specific packages.

Edit: I just checked it out and learned that muffin-wm is an AUR package. So pacman is trying to upgrade gtk, but the muffin-wm PKGBUILD needs to be updated. If it were me, I'd just change "gtk3<=3.29" out of the depends array and replace it with plain "gtk3". This *might* cause something to fail, but if not it would allow the update. Updating your aur packages may be a good idea, but it wouldn't help with the current problem as the muffin-wm PKGBUILD still has the dependency on the now-outdated gtk3 version.

Last edited by Trilby (2012-04-24 00:50:21)

infernalarch · 2012-04-24 19:23:21

Trilby wrote:

With yaourt, AUR packages can be upgraded with the --aur switch, or with everything else by "yaourt -Syua". The second is my preferred method.
I'm not familiar with those packages, but replacements such as that happen when (essentially) a package is renamed. Accepting (saying Yes) is generally the way to go with that prompt. The error from muffin-wm should not be related - it may be that the muffin-wm package is out of date, which could lead to this error, but again I know nothing of those specific packages.
Edit: I just checked it out and learned that muffin-wm is an AUR package. So pacman is trying to upgrade gtk, but the muffin-wm PKGBUILD needs to be updated. If it were me, I'd just change "gtk3<=3.29" out of the depends array and replace it with plain "gtk3". This *might* cause something to fail, but if not it would allow the update. Updating your aur packages may be a good idea, but it wouldn't help with the current problem as the muffin-wm PKGBUILD still has the dependency on the now-outdated gtk3 version.

Well, i tried your suggestions and yes, it broke cinnamon, i can't log in to cinnamon anymore although if i start a gnome session everything seems fine.

Last edited by infernalarch (2012-04-24 19:24:28)

mcmillan · 2012-04-24 19:30:34

Did you rebuild/update cinnamon? seems if gnome just got updated cinnamon probably needs a rebuild

viking60 · 2012-04-24 20:03:04

Cinnamon is marked out of date

infernalarch · 2012-04-24 20:28:36

mcmillan wrote:

Did you rebuild/update cinnamon? seems if gnome just got updated cinnamon probably needs a rebuild

I rebuilt cinnamon and then updated the whole system.

infernalarch · 2012-04-26 21:46:34

bump

adamrehard · 2012-04-26 23:45:37

I'm not a mod, but please read this: Forum Etiquette: Bumping

Last edited by adamrehard (2012-04-26 23:46:21)

infernalarch · 2012-04-27 00:17:02

adamrehard wrote:

I'm not a mod, but please read this: Forum Etiquette: Bumping

Sorry, i thought bumping was allowed.

adamrehard · 2012-04-27 00:24:12

Did you end up fixing cinnamon?

infernalarch · 2012-04-27 01:53:48

adamrehard wrote:

Did you end up fixing cinnamon?

No, i have been using gnome 3, since i can't start a session with cinnamon, i just get the desktop and an X as the cursor if i try to start cinnamon.

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Pacman update error?

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