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MrFroste

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Registered: 2022-11-15

Posts: 2

[SOLVED] Pacman error: duplicated database entry 'libpcap'

Unable to upgrade system after restoring from backup.

❯ sudo pacman -Syu
::  Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
 multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
error: duplicated database entry 'libpcap'
 there is nothing to do

❯ ls /var/lib/pacman/local/ | grep libcap
(no output)

Last edited by MrFroste (2023-01-15 20:42:18)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 22,842

Re: [SOLVED] Pacman error: duplicated database entry 'libpcap'

You're not grepping for the correct thing, it's called libpcap

Last edited by V1del (2023-01-15 20:37:19)

MrFroste

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Registered: 2022-11-15

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] Pacman error: duplicated database entry 'libpcap'

You're not grepping for the correct thing, it's called libpcap

Umm... oops? Thanks for catching that.

❯ ls /var/lib/pacman/local/ | grep libpcap
lib32-libpcap-1.10.3-1
libpcap-1.10.2-1
libpcap-1.10.3-1

EDIT: Deleting libpcap-1.10.2-1 fixed the issue.

Last edited by MrFroste (2023-01-15 20:41:54)