cyclic dependency problem

Corvin · 2012-07-12 06:51:20

I've got something like that: I don't have english locale so I'll translate it.

warning: cycle dependency encountered:
warning: lib32-gcc-libs will be installed before dependency of gcc-libs-multilib
looking for conflicts:...
error: can't prepare transaction (can't resolve dependency)
:: gcc: demands gcc-libs=4.7.1-4

could devs help?

Allan · 2012-07-12 08:02:25

Corvin wrote:

could devs help?

Not unless you give the actual command you are trying to run...

tomegun · 2012-07-12 10:22:43

Corvin wrote:

I don't have english locale so I'll translate it.

If you want to paste the output from a command <cmd> and you have a non-English locale, you can do.

LC_ALL=C <cmd>

satwik · 2012-07-12 20:59:07

I'm facing the same problem. Running pacman -Su gives:

:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: lib32-gcc-libs will be installed before its gcc-libs-multilib dependency
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: gcc: requires gcc-libs=4.7.1-4

Terminator · 2012-07-12 22:03:26

It's strange that you would get that on an upgrade. It seems you have a mix of multilib and normal compiler programs.

Assuming you have a 64 bit system:
Normally, you either have gcc, gcc-libs and binutils, which allows you to compile only for 64 bit processors. Alternatively, you can have the multilib variants (gcc-multilib, gcc-libs-multilib and binutils-multilib) which allow you to compile both for 64 bit and 32 bit processors.

Note that lib32-... libraries are used to run 32 bit programs on a 64 bit processor. Also note that there are many other packages containing compilers.

To conclude: to fix the issue you are encountering you should either replace the multilib packages by normal ones (by installing gcc-libs) or replace the normal compiler packages by their multilib equivalents (by installing gcc-multilib).

jpablo · 2012-07-13 00:48:20

I'm having the same issue here, any solutions?

Allan · 2012-07-13 02:20:57

Ah... you are all using multilib but have gcc installed and not gcc-multilib...

pacman -Syu gcc-multilib

Terminator · 2012-07-13 06:26:33

Allan wrote:

Ah... you are all using multilib but have gcc installed and not gcc-multilib...
pacman -Syu gcc-multilib

They currently can't upgrade, so pacman -S gcc-multilib .

Allan · 2012-07-13 08:50:44

Terminator wrote:

Allan wrote:
Ah... you are all using multilib but have gcc installed and not gcc-multilib...
pacman -Syu gcc-multilib
They currently can't upgrade, so pacman -S gcc-multilib .

Right.... well, in fact, wrong....

Kooothor · 2012-07-13 16:29:51

Allan wrote:

pacman -Syu gcc-multilib

Thank you, this did the trick
(removing binutils and gcc btw)

Terminator wrote:

To conclude: to fix the issue you are encountering you should either replace the multilib packages by normal ones (by installing gcc-libs) or replace the normal compiler packages by their multilib equivalents (by installing gcc-multilib).

Thanks for the enlightement !

Last edited by Kooothor (2012-07-13 16:30:23)

satwik · 2012-07-13 23:53:38

Thanks! That fixed it. Removed gcc in favor of the multilib versions.

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#1 2012-07-12 06:51:20

cyclic dependency problem

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Re: cyclic dependency problem

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