[SOLVED] Weird error from pacman -R

jdarnold · 2014-01-16 15:28:48

I'm trying to remove a bunch of packages all at once, that I guess are removed (the 'tde' packages from the now defunct(?) trinity de). My command is this:

$ sudo pacman -R tde-amarok tde-arts tde-avahi-tqt tde-basket tde-dbus-1-tqt tde-dbus-tqt tde-digikam tde-dolphin tde-gtk-qt-engine tde-gwenview tde-k3b tde-k9copy tde-kaffeine tde-katapult tde-kbarcode tde-kbookreader tde-kdiff3 tde-kdirstat tde-kdmtheme tde-kima tde-kio-locate tde-kipi-plugins tde-kmplayer tde-knemo tde-knetload tde-knetstats tde-knutclient tde-koffice tde-konversation tde-kpowersave tde-krename tde-krusader tde-libart-lgpl tde-libcaldav tde-libcarddav tde-libkdcraw tde-libkexiv2 tde-libkipi tde-qca-tls tde-qt3 tde-sip tde-sip4-tqt tde-tde-style-qtcurve tde-tdeaccessibility tde-tdeaddons tde-tdeadmin tde-tdeartwork tde-tdebase tde-tdeedu tde-tdegraphics tde-tdelibs tde-tdemultimedia tde-tdenetwork tde-tdepim tde-tdesdk tde-tdesvn tde-tdetoys tde-tdeutils tde-tdevelop tde-tdewebdev tde-tqtinterface tde-twin-style-crystal
checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: python2-pyqt4: requires python2-sip

I'm can't figure out why pacman is complaining about pthon2-pyqt4, when it isn't part of the deal at all.

Last edited by jdarnold (2014-01-16 19:37:49)

karol · 2014-01-16 15:45:15

Maybe one of the packages you want to remove provides python2-sip.

jdarnold · 2014-01-16 15:47:33

Bingo! It seems 'tde-sip4-tqt' provides (and reqplaces) python2-sip. I guess I'll have to force remove that one first, then install python2-sip, then remove the rest

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#1 2014-01-16 15:28:48

[SOLVED] Weird error from pacman -R

#2 2014-01-16 15:45:15

Re: [SOLVED] Weird error from pacman -R

#3 2014-01-16 15:47:33

Re: [SOLVED] Weird error from pacman -R

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