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baastrup

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Registered: 2016-01-06

Posts: 9

icaclient fails to install due to gstreamer from AUR

Im trying to install icaclient icaclient from AUR with apacman.

but hits the below error:

==> Finished making: gstreamer0.10-base 0.10.36-8 (Mon Feb  6 19:57:52 CET 2017)
  -> Status
    built  (1): gstreamer0.10-base
    remain (3): -base -good-plugins icaclient

  -> Saving package: gstreamer0.10-base-plugins-0.10.36-8-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
  -> Installing gstreamer0.10-base
loading packages...
resolving dependencies...
warning: cannot resolve "gstreamer0.10-base=0.10.36", a dependency of "gstreamer0.10-base-plugins"
:: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
      gstreamer0.10-base-plugins

:: Do you want to skip the above package for this upgrade? [y/N] 
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)

What is wrong here? and how do I fix it?

a821

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Registered: 2012-10-31

Posts: 381

Re: icaclient fails to install due to gstreamer from AUR

Maybe apacman cannot deal with split packages (I don't use it so I don't know for sure) ... Install them manually (makepkg).

Last edited by a821 (2017-02-07 09:32:18)

bkach

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Registered: 2016-12-15

Posts: 11

Re: icaclient fails to install due to gstreamer from AUR

I'm pretty new to Arch and am also running into this issue.

I could install gstreamer manually using makepkg (as shown on the wiki) as suggested both here on on similar threads, but i'm hesitant to do so as I currently use pacaur.

I understand that building using the aur helpers are not officially supported by Arch, but I would still like to know if and how installing it manually would differ from installing it using pacaur.

I'm wondering:

• Would I still get updates via pacaur -Syu if I install it manually?

• Would pacaur be able to see that it is installed - and would other dependencies be able to use the one I built instead of the one taken from pacaur?

• When I install it manually, will it remove the previous version and replace it automatically?

• Are there any other significant differences I should know about?

Last edited by bkach (2017-04-23 17:52:14)

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 19,774

Re: icaclient fails to install due to gstreamer from AUR

The following assumes that manual is defined as building the package using makepkg and then installing it with pacman

Would I still get updates via pacaur -Syu if I install it manually?

Yes

Would pacaur be able to see that it is installed - and would other dependencies be able to use the one I built instead of the one taken from pacaur?

Yes

When I install it manually, will it remove the previous version and replace it automatically?

Yes

Are there any other significant differences I should know about?

Not really -- As long as things go well.  Sometimes helpers get into trouble and nothing but doing it by hand will sort it out

It is not so much that helpers are a bad thing.  They are not officially supported, but most of us use one.  I use pacaur.  I used to use packer. I loath yaourt
They are all tools.  Some of those tools are higher quality than others.   The problem is using a tool as a crutch when you don't understand what is going on under the hood.  Student pilots often fly planes with autopilots; seldom are they ever allowed to use them until after they actually learn to fly the plane by hand.

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bkach

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Registered: 2016-12-15

Posts: 11

Re: icaclient fails to install due to gstreamer from AUR

Makes sense, I'll give manually installing a go!

And the pilot analogy is great, it's part of the reason I like Arch. Case in point: while I might understand how to build a package using makepkg and then installing with pacman, I'm not totally clear on how pacman then manages the package in such a way that it fits smoothly into the rest of the OS's ecosystem. Will consult the wiki .

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Manually installing worked perfectly, thank you for the advice!

Last edited by bkach (2017-04-23 19:33:09)