Cannot uninstall packages (could not satisfy dependencies)

rxvtk · 2013-10-19 19:39:47

I originally installed ibus (Wanted a different language IME). When trying to uninstall it, I get

error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: gnome-settings-daemon: requires ibus

Then I saw a gnome tutorial, and thought maybe if I installed gnome-extra, I would get what I needed.
However, when trying to uninstall that

error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: empathy: requires cheese
:: gnome-contacts: requires cheese
:: gnome-control-center: requires gnome-color-manager
:: nautilus: requires nautilus-sendto

How can I uninstall ibus, and gnome-extra, when they now say they have dependencies, but it worked fine without them?

karol · 2013-10-19 19:42:01

What happens if you try to install a new IME?

rxvtk · 2013-10-19 19:44:26

karol wrote:

What happens if you try to install a new IME?

I can install uim, and then remove uim, if that's what you mean

Haven't tried it out yet, but I want to uninstall those other packages first

karol · 2013-10-19 19:45:47

rxvtk wrote:

I want to uninstall those other packages first

Why?

rxvtk · 2013-10-19 19:49:02

karol wrote:

Why?

Because I don't want gnome-extra and ibus installed, and I would like an ime, but not as much.

karol · 2013-10-19 19:50:11

ibus has been a dependency for gnome-settings-daemon for a while: https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit … 2381ecd91b

Seems you have to remove nautilus, empathy etc. too. If you don't need them, go ahead.

rxvtk · 2013-10-19 20:01:00

karol wrote:

ibus has been a dependency for gnome-settings-daemon for a while: https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit … 2381ecd91b
Seems you have to remove nautilus, empathy etc. too. If you don't need them, go ahead.

Hmm. I uninstalled nautilus, empathy, etc to remove the rest of gnome-extra.
I will mess around with ibus to see if Ic an get it working. Thanks!

WorMzy · 2013-10-19 21:25:00

A quick way to remove something + the things that depend on it is to use pacman's cascade flag. Read up about it (and the potential dangers of using it) by running 'man pacman'.

karol · 2013-10-23 14:00:01

rxvtk wrote:

Hmm. I uninstalled nautilus, empathy, etc to remove the rest of gnome-extra.
I will mess around with ibus to see if I can get it working. Thanks!

Any news?

If it's all fixed, please remember to mark the thread as solved https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=130309

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Cannot uninstall packages (could not satisfy dependencies)

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