[SOLVED]failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)

othersamo_ · 2021-07-21 18:51:47

Hello,
today I was about to upgrade my system. This, however, did not do well due to conflicting dependencies. After running pacman -Syu, this happened:

:: Synchronising package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: unable to satisfy dependency 'nvidia-utils=465.31' required by nvidia-lts

I have not been doing partial upgrades with pacman -Sy, however, I am using the LTS kernel which could have caused the package conflict.
Does anyone know how to solve this problem? I don't mind switching to regular rolling release kernel if that is the only choice.

Thank you

Last edited by othersamo_ (2021-07-23 09:37:24)

Docbroke · 2021-07-21 18:56:16

You may be using unsynced mirrors or ther is partial upgrade. As per my system nvidia-lts requires nvidia-utils=470.57.02.

othersamo_ · 2021-07-21 19:13:57

Docbroke wrote:

You may be using unsynced mirrors or ther is partial upgrade. As per my system nvidia-lts requires nvidia-utils=470.57.02.

So you say you are normally using nvidia-lts driver with newer nvidia utils? I will maybe try to push non-lts nvidia drivers and see what it does...

Trilby · 2021-07-21 19:22:32

No, you are using a broken mirror. Fix your mirrorlist and try the update again.

othersamo_ wrote:

... using nvidia-lts driver with newer nvidia utils?

But yes, you can use the current nvidia-lts package with the current nvidia-utils package - that's what managed repos are for.

Last edited by Trilby (2021-07-21 19:24:16)

othersamo_ · 2021-07-23 09:37:06

Okay, the workaround I found was to install regular nvidia drivers which, in the end, work just fine even with the LTS kernel and update went smoothly,
thank you

Arch Linux

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[SOLVED]failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)

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