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tylerlong

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Registered: 2011-07-01

Posts: 17

Can't update my packages.

When I run pacman -Syu it tried to update these packages

              arandr-0.1.6-1  bison-2.5.1-1  dbus-python-1.0.0-1 [removal]
              dwarffortress-0.34.11-1  fakeroot-1.18.4-1  filesystem-2012.6-2
              firefox-13.0-1  gnutls-3.0.20-1  krb5-1.10.2-1  libgksu-2.0.12-5
              linux-3.4.1-1  pam-1.1.5-4  pambase-20120602-1
              python-dbus-common-1.1.0-1  python2-dbus-1.1.0-1
              systemd-tools-185-1 

It downloads all the packages and begins to install them, but stops and returns

error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
filesystem: /var/lock exists in filesystem
filesystem: /var/run exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Dow any of you know what to do? Can I remove /var/lock and /var/run?

Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,183

Re: Can't update my packages.

Please search the forums. This issue has been discussed so many times, its not even funny. Specifically look at the stickies in the Newbie Corner.

Closing...

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