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tony5429

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Registered: 2006-03-28

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Weird Pacman Error! [solved]

Since last night, I've been getting this weird error when I run 'pacman -Syu' as root. What's going on?

:: Synchronizing package databases...
 current                   71.2K  143.5K/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
 extra is up to date
 community                274.6K  339.7K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies... done.
looking for inter-conflicts... done.

Targets: gd-2.0.35-1  gstreamer0.10-good-0.10.6-1  gstreamer0.10-flac-0.10.6-1  
         gstreamer0.10-gconf-0.10.6-1  

Total Package Size:   0.84 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
:: Retrieving packages from current...
 gd                       175.9K  627.3K/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
checking package integrity... done.
cleaning up... done.
(4/4) checking for file conflicts                   [#####################] 100%
error: could not prepare transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
gstreamer0.10-good: /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstqtdemux.so exists in filesystem
gstreamer0.10-good: /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstvideocrop.so exists in filesystem

errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Any ideas, anyone?

Last edited by tony5429 (2007-06-29 22:38:16)

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Re: Weird Pacman Error! [solved]

The files it complains about exist on your HDD but probably aren't from a package, try doing "pacman -Qo /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstqtdemux.so" to see if any package owns it.

To fix it you could simply delete or play it safe and move them somewhere incase you need them later and then pacman -Syu should work.

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Cerebral

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Re: Weird Pacman Error! [solved]

Find out what package owns /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstqtdemux.so and /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstvideocrop.so like this:

$ pacman -Qo /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstqtdemux.so /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstvideocrop.so
/usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstqtdemux.so is owned by [pkgname]
/usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstvideocrop.so is owned by [otherpkgname]

Then upgrade that package first:

pacman -S [pkgname] [otherpkgname]

Then do your update.

If no other package owns those two files, then first update gstreamer0.10-good with

pacman -Sf gstreamer0.10-good

Then do your update.

lilsirecho

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Re: Weird Pacman Error! [solved]

Run ....pacman -Syuf ......

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JaDa

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Re: Weird Pacman Error! [solved]

@ tony5429

I was running in a semilar problem!

I forced the update from gstreamer0.10-good with

pacman -Syf gstreamer0.10-good

after then I run again

pacman -Syu

and all run normal.

You can also read here in this topic about it
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=34669

the arch developmer tomk wrote

If you're not in a hurry, wait for the -bad package upgrade. Otherwise, I'd suggest -Syf for the -good package, followed by -Su for everything else.

cheers
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tony5429

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Re: Weird Pacman Error! [solved]

Fixed! I just ran 'pacman -Syuf' once and now have gone back to the 'pacman -Syu'. Thanks everyone!