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kalamity

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Registered: 2016-10-29

Posts: 4

[SOLVED] Errors while installing gnome

I'm sorry if the post subject is a bit vague but I didn't know what else to say to keep it simple.
So I was trying to install gnome and gnome-extra

 sudo pacman -S gnome gnome-extra 

and I got these errors:

(299/299) checking keys in keyring                 [######################] 100%
(299/299) checking package integrity               [######################] 100%
(299/299) loading package files                    [######################] 100%
(299/299) checking for file conflicts              [######################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/__init__.py exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/__pycache__/_internal_utils.cpython-36.pyc exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/__pycache__/adapters.cpython-36.pyc exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/__pycache__/api.cpython-36.pyc exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/__pycache__/auth.cpython-36.pyc exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/__pycache__/certs.cpython-36.pyc exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/__pycache__/compat.cpython-36.pyc exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/__pycache__/cookies.cpython-36.pyc exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/__pycache__/exceptions.cpython-36.pyc exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/__pycache__/hooks.cpython-36.pyc exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/__pycache__/models.cpython-36.pyc exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/__pycache__/sessions.cpython-36.pyc exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/__pycache__/status_codes.cpython-36.pyc exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/__pycache__/structures.cpython-36.pyc exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/__pycache__/utils.cpython-36.pyc exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/_internal_utils.py exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/adapters.py exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/api.py exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/auth.py exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/certs.py exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/compat.py exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/cookies.py exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/exceptions.py exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/hooks.py exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/models.py exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/packages/__init__.py exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/packages/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/packages/idna/__init__.py exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/packages/idna/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/packages/idna/__pycache__/codec.cpython-36.pyc exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/packages/idna/__pycache__/compat.cpython-36.pyc exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/packages/idna/__pycache__/core.cpython-36.pyc exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/packages/idna/__pycache__/idnadata.cpython-36.pyc exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/packages/idna/__pycache__/intranges.cpython-36.pyc exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/packages/idna/__pycache__/uts46data.cpython-36.pyc exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/packages/idna/codec.py exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/packages/idna/compat.py exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/packages/idna/core.py exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/packages/idna/idnadata.py exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/packages/idna/intranges.py exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/packages/idna/uts46data.py exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/sessions.py exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/status_codes.py exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/structures.py exists in filesystem
python-requests: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/utils.py exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
sudo pacman -S gnome gnome-extra  4.18s user 1.73s system 5% cpu 1:43.44 total
1 sagar@sagar-pc ~ % 

I have installed and removed gnome from my system before. This is the first time I've encountered this.
I couldn't find anything on the wiki or here (at least from my half-a**ed searching).
Is this a mistake from my part? Can anyone please help.

Last edited by kalamity (2017-05-03 16:09:20)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED] Errors while installing gnome

Have you been using pip as root?

kalamity

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Registered: 2016-10-29

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED] Errors while installing gnome

Have you been using pip as root?

Yes I have for a couple of packages.

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 11,550

Re: [SOLVED] Errors while installing gnome

And that's what's causing you problems. You installed things into /usr that pacman knows nothing about and is refusing to overwrite. Never use pip as root.

kalamity

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Registered: 2016-10-29

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED] Errors while installing gnome

And that's what's causing you problems. You installed things into /usr that pacman knows nothing about and is refusing to overwrite. Never use pip as root.

I will remember that.
So I removed all packages I installed via root with pip and gnome installed properly.
Thank you for helping me.

Last edited by kalamity (2017-05-03 16:10:00)