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#1 2025-08-27 21:27:32

Oldiesmann
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Registered: 2020-04-20
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Problems with cervisia and kinit5

When I went to install updates today, everything went fine except that I got a message that it couldn't update cervisia. After further investigation it showed that it was missing the kinit5 dependency. I went to install that and, after everything is compiled/built, I get a bunch of errors that the files already exist on the system.

==> Making package: cervisia 25.04.3-4 (Wed 27 Aug 2025 05:10:50 PM EDT)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Missing dependencies:
  -> kinit5
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> ERROR: Could not resolve all dependencies.
 -> error making: cervisia-exit status 8
 -> Failed to install the following packages. Manual intervention is required:
cervisia - exit status 8
: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                                                                                                  [#############################################################################] 100%
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(1/1) loading package files                                                                                                     [#############################################################################] 100%
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error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
kinit5: /usr/bin/kdeinit5 exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/bin/kdeinit5_shutdown exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/bin/kdeinit5_wrapper exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/bin/kshell5 exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/bin/kwrapper5 exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/lib/cmake/KF5Init/KF5InitConfig.cmake exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/lib/cmake/KF5Init/KF5InitConfigVersion.cmake exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/lib/cmake/KF5Init/KF5InitMacros.cmake exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/lib/cmake/KF5Init/kde5init_dummy.cpp.in exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/lib/kf5/klauncher exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/lib/kf5/start_kdeinit exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/lib/kf5/start_kdeinit_wrapper exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/lib/libkdeinit5_klauncher.so exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/kf5_org.kde.KLauncher.xml exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/crh/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/csb/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/fy/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/gd/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/ha/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/hne/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/hsb/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/lb/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/ps/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/se/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/sr@ijekavian/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/sr@ijekavianlatin/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/tt/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/uz/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/uz@cyrillic/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/kinit5.mo exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/man/ca/man8/kdeinit5.8.gz exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/man/ca@valencia/man8/kdeinit5.8.gz exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/man/de/man8/kdeinit5.8.gz exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/man/es/man8/kdeinit5.8.gz exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/man/fr/man8/kdeinit5.8.gz exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/man/it/man8/kdeinit5.8.gz exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/man/man8/kdeinit5.8.gz exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/man/nl/man8/kdeinit5.8.gz exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/man/pt/man8/kdeinit5.8.gz exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/man/pt_BR/man8/kdeinit5.8.gz exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/man/sv/man8/kdeinit5.8.gz exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/man/uk/man8/kdeinit5.8.gz exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/qlogging-categories5/kinit.categories exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
kinit5: /usr/share/qlogging-categories5/kinit.renamecategories exists in filesystem (owned by kinit)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
 -> error installing: [/home/michael/.cache/yay/kinit5/kinit5-5.116.0-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst] - exit status 1

How do I fix this issue? I have no idea what requires cervisia (it doesn't complain about it being required by anything when I uninstall it), but I'd at least like to resolve the issue with kinit5 in a way that doesn't involve manually removing dozens of files.

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#2 2025-08-27 21:58:14

WorMzy
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Re: Problems with cervisia and kinit5

Mod note: moving to AUR Issues.


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#3 2025-08-27 23:12:07

V1del
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Registered: 2012-10-16
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Re: Problems with cervisia and kinit5

You generally don't want either on a modern system. But if anything, uninstall kinit and properly install kinit5.

At this point you probably have a bunch of orphaned cruft from KDE5 you should periodically clear out: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman … _(orphans)

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#4 2025-08-29 11:58:03

Erwin Iosef
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Registered: 2024-05-22
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Re: Problems with cervisia and kinit5

kinit5 and cervisia both got removed and pushed to the AUR

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#5 2025-09-04 15:10:06

JoeCool
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Registered: 2019-08-12
Posts: 22

Re: Problems with cervisia and kinit5

Also the PGP Key of David Faure has expired for quite a while now. You will have issues installing it but once it's validated and compiled it runs just fine.

Like the others said, if you don't need to manage CVS repositories with cervisia go ahead an remove it and its (likely) orphaned dependencies. You also likely don't want the other KDE5/Plasma5 packages.

If you need a GUI tool to check the dependencies, logs and why it was installed I can recommend PKGBrowser: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pkgbrowser

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#6 2025-09-08 02:39:50

Showfom
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Registered: 2020-03-04
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Re: Problems with cervisia and kinit5

Same issue, solved by removing the packages because I don't use them

sudo pacman -R kinit cervisia

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