[SOLVED] Unresolvable package conflicts detected (KDE upgrade)

Llama · 2015-01-25 13:40:56

Hi,

I've got this pacman output:

looking for conflicting packages...
:: kactivities-frameworks and kactivities4 are in conflict. Remove kactivities4? [y/N] 
error: unresolvable package conflicts detected
error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
:: kactivities-frameworks and kactivities4 are in conflict
alexey@stovepipebox ~ $ yaourt -Qi kactivities-frameworks
error: package 'kactivities-frameworks' was not found
alexey@stovepipebox ~ $ yaourt -Qi kactivities4
Name           : kactivities4
Version        : 4.13.3-1
Description    : The KActivity Manager Daemon
Architecture   : x86_64
URL            : https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kdelibs/kactivities
Licenses       : GPL  FDL
Groups         : None
Provides       : kactivities
Depends On     : libkactivities4
Optional Deps  : None
Required By    : kdebase-runtime
Optional For   : None
Conflicts With : kactivities
Replaces       : kactivities
Installed Size : 152.00 KiB
Packager       : Sven-Hendrik Haase <sh@lutzhaase.com>
Build Date     : Mon 21 Jul 2014 02:42:13 PM MSK
Install Date   : Sun 25 Jan 2015 08:54:29 AM MSK
Install Reason : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script : No
Validated By   : Signature

$

It looks like one of the conflicting entities (kactivities-frameworks) does not exist (and can't be removed). Any ideas?

Last edited by Llama (2015-01-25 16:12:55)

arojas · 2015-01-25 13:58:41

Did you answer "yes" to pacman's question?

pb · 2015-01-25 14:02:43

Probably you try to install something that belongs to plasma-next. They you should answer "yes" (y) on first question. Both packages (kactivities4 and kactivities-frameworks) have the same funcionality and both provides kactivities.
What did you want to install?

runical · 2015-01-25 14:06:31

The kactivities-frameworks package did not install, so you will not find it in the locally installed database. Use -Si for that.

Other than that, as pb said, KDE frameworks and KDE SC 4 cannot be installed next to each other. See here.

Llama · 2015-01-25 14:59:12

pb wrote:

Probably you try to install something that belongs to plasma-next. They you should answer "yes" (y) on first question. Both packages (kactivities4 and kactivities-frameworks) have the same funcionality and both provides kactivities.
What did you want to install?

I did not want to install anything. It had to be just a routine upgrade of KDE 4. I never tried to install Plasma 5 or whatever you call it on this box. So I have to get rid of kactivities-frameworks, don't I?

runical · 2015-01-25 15:04:55

Llama wrote:

pb wrote:
Probably you try to install something that belongs to plasma-next. They you should answer "yes" (y) on first question. Both packages (kactivities4 and kactivities-frameworks) have the same funcionality and both provides kactivities.
What did you want to install?
I did not want to install anything. It had to be just a routine upgrade of KDE 4. I never tried to install Plasma 5 or whatever you call it on this box. So I have to get rid of kactivities-frameworks, don't I?

Some of the new packages are moving towards KF5, forcing KF5 to be installed. See this thread.

pb · 2015-01-25 15:45:19

Llama wrote:

I did not want to install anything. It had to be just a routine upgrade of KDE 4. I never tried to install Plasma 5 or whatever you call it on this box. So I have to get rid of kactivities-frameworks, don't I?

If you try to upgrade your system, with all or some apps from KDE Applications 14.12.1, then some of them are ported to Qt5/KF5 (Plasma5). Kactivities-frameworks is a dependency for some of them (Gwenview for example). Then if you want to have new version of those packages (see: https://www.kde.org/announcements/annou … 4.12.0.php) you have to replace kactivities4 by kactivities-frameworks. You should answer "yes" for pacman question. If you want to have "pure" KDE4 (Qt4) system, you have to put names of ported applications to IgnorePkg in /etc/pacman.conf (but it's not recomended, I think).

Llama · 2015-01-25 15:55:56

pb wrote:

Then if you want to have new version of those packages you have to replace kactivities4 by kactivities-frameworks. You should answer "yes" for pacman question.

I did, right away. That's what my post is about. I tried it a minute ago, it worked . Somebody has corrected something in some package, probably. We'll never know.

jasonwryan · 2015-01-25 16:02:38

Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.

Llama · 2015-01-25 16:12:27

jasonwryan wrote:

Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.

Marking [SOLVED] as per Admin's orders, if it is a solution.

Arch Linux

#1 2015-01-25 13:40:56

[SOLVED] Unresolvable package conflicts detected (KDE upgrade)

#2 2015-01-25 13:58:41

Re: [SOLVED] Unresolvable package conflicts detected (KDE upgrade)

#3 2015-01-25 14:02:43

Re: [SOLVED] Unresolvable package conflicts detected (KDE upgrade)

#4 2015-01-25 14:06:31

Re: [SOLVED] Unresolvable package conflicts detected (KDE upgrade)

#5 2015-01-25 14:59:12

Re: [SOLVED] Unresolvable package conflicts detected (KDE upgrade)

#6 2015-01-25 15:04:55

Re: [SOLVED] Unresolvable package conflicts detected (KDE upgrade)

#7 2015-01-25 15:45:19

Re: [SOLVED] Unresolvable package conflicts detected (KDE upgrade)

#8 2015-01-25 15:55:56

Re: [SOLVED] Unresolvable package conflicts detected (KDE upgrade)

#9 2015-01-25 16:02:38

Re: [SOLVED] Unresolvable package conflicts detected (KDE upgrade)

#10 2015-01-25 16:12:27

Re: [SOLVED] Unresolvable package conflicts detected (KDE upgrade)

Board footer