unable to reinstall signal after update error

millions024 · 2024-05-31 18:21:07

so i had an error in the middle of updating my system (while using yay, i fixed it but removing the db lock and running pacman -Syu instead), but this seems to have broken signal, and when I tried uninstalling and reinstalling it, I get this error:

resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (1) signal-desktop-7.11.0-1

Total Installed Size:  410.89 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                                                  [----------------------------------------------] 100%
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(1/1) loading package files                                                     [----------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                                               [----------------------------------------------] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
signal-desktop: /usr/bin/signal-desktop exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/LICENSE.electron.txt exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/LICENSES.chromium.html exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/chrome-sandbox exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/chrome_100_percent.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/chrome_200_percent.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/chrome_crashpad_handler exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/icudtl.dat exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/libEGL.so exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/libGLESv2.so exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/libffmpeg.so exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/libvk_swiftshader.so exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/libvulkan.so.1 exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/af-ZA.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/af.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/am.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/ar.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/az-AZ.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/bg-BG.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/bg.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/bn-BD.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/bn.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/bs-BA.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/ca.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/cs.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/da.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/de.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/el.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/en-GB.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/en-US.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/es-419.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/es.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/et-EE.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/et.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/eu.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/fa-IR.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/fa.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/fi.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/fil.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/fr.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/ga-IE.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/gl-ES.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/gu-IN.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/gu.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/he.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/hi-IN.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/hi.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/hr-HR.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/hr.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/hu.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/id.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/it.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/ja.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/ka-GE.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/kk-KZ.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/km-KH.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/kn-IN.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/kn.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/ko.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/ky-KG.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/lt-LT.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/lt.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/lv-LV.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/lv.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/mk-MK.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/ml-IN.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/ml.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/mr-IN.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/mr.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/ms.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/my.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/nb.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/nl.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/pa-IN.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/pl.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/pt-BR.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/pt-PT.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/ro-RO.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/ro.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/ru.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/sk-SK.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/sk.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/sl-SI.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/sl.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/sq-AL.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/sr.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/sv.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/sw.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/ta-IN.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/ta.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/te-IN.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/te.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/th.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/tl-PH.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/tr.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/ug.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/uk-UA.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/uk.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/ur.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/vi.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/yue.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/zh-CN.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/zh-HK.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/zh-Hant.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/locales/zh-TW.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/resources.pak exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/resources/app-update.yml exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/resources/app.asar exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/@nodert-win10-rs4/windows.data.xml.dom/build/Release/binding.node exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/@nodert-win10-rs4/windows.ui.notifications/build/Release/binding.node exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/@signalapp/better-sqlite3/build/Release/better_sqlite3.node exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/@signalapp/libsignal-client/prebuilds/linux-x64/node.napi.node exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/@signalapp/ringrtc/build/linux/libringrtc-x64.node exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/@signalapp/windows-dummy-keystroke/build/Release/NativeExtension.node exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/fs-xattr/build/Release/xattr.node exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/resources/package-type exists in filesystem
signal-desktop: /usr/lib/signal-desktop/signal-desktop exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

is there a way to purge these?

WorMzy · 2024-05-31 18:49:49

Use pacman's --dbonly flag to fix your local database entry for signal-desktop, then reinstall it.

Mod note: moving to Pacman/Upgrade issues.

Last edited by WorMzy (2024-05-31 18:54:20)

millions024 · 2024-05-31 18:53:44

sudo pacman -Rs -dbonly signal-desktop
error: failed to initialize alpm library:
(root: /, dbpath: only)
could not find or read directory

WorMzy · 2024-05-31 18:56:38

Do it with '-S signal-desktop'. Note there are two dashes, not one.

millions024 · 2024-05-31 19:00:46

that worked, i didn't notice the 2 dashes in the db command

thanks

Arch Linux

#1 2024-05-31 18:21:07

unable to reinstall signal after update error

#2 2024-05-31 18:49:49

Re: unable to reinstall signal after update error

#3 2024-05-31 18:53:44

Re: unable to reinstall signal after update error

#4 2024-05-31 18:56:38

Re: unable to reinstall signal after update error

#5 2024-05-31 19:00:46

Re: unable to reinstall signal after update error

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