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vitalka

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Registered: 2015-09-05

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move /opt to /usr/opt and install pkg from aur

Hi!

I move /opt to /usr/opt, after I create symlink:

ln -s /usr/opt /

ls -lah
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root    root       8 Jun 15 12:54 opt -> /usr/opt

And now I want install pkg from AUR:

pacman -U pkgname

error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
pkgname: /opt exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

How can I fix that error?

Best regards,
\me/

Last edited by vitalka (2019-06-15 10:33:59)

graysky

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Re: move /opt to /usr/opt and install pkg from aur

Firstly, why?  To answer your question: pacman will not install to a symlink.  You need to use a bind mount.

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vitalka

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Re: move /opt to /usr/opt and install pkg from aur

My /opt directory located in root partittion 283M  228M   36M  87% / and for /usr I created other partition 20G  8.7G   10G  47% /usr.
If I install pkg from AUR, pkg save files in /opt and I get error:

error: Partition / too full: 39769 blocks needed, 35983 blocks free
error: not enough free disk space
error: failed to commit transaction (not enough free disk space)

"You need to use a bind mount." - can you give me example or howto?

Best regards,
\me/

Last edited by vitalka (2019-06-15 11:05:12)

graysky

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Re: move /opt to /usr/opt and install pkg from aur

"You need to use a bind mount." - can you give me example or howto?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=linux+bind+mount

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vitalka

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Re: move /opt to /usr/opt and install pkg from aur

Дякую!

vitalka

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Re: move /opt to /usr/opt and install pkg from aur

Everything is working. Thank you very much!

2ManyDogs

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Re: move /opt to /usr/opt and install pkg from aur

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