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mc_bizon

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Registered: 2007-11-06

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pacman -Syu - pciutils conflict

hi
i get this error when trying to pacman-Syu. does anybody know where is the problem?

(51/51) checking for file conflicts                 [#####################] 100%
error: could not prepare transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
pciutils: /usr/lib/libpci.a exists in filesystem
pciutils: /usr/man/man8/lspci.8.gz exists in filesystem
pciutils: /usr/man/man8/setpci.8.gz exists in filesystem
pciutils: /usr/man/man8/update-pciids.8.gz exists in filesystem
pciutils: /usr/sbin/lspci exists in filesystem
pciutils: /usr/sbin/setpci exists in filesystem
pciutils: /usr/sbin/update-pciids exists in filesystem

lilsirecho

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Re: pacman -Syu - pciutils conflict

Try.......pacman -Syuf

EDIT: Worked for me....

Last edited by lilsirecho (2007-11-06 22:12:42)

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toofishes

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Registered: 2006-06-06

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Re: pacman -Syu - pciutils conflict

Try.......pacman -Syuf

NO! Do not just do this.

Try investigating. Use pacman -Qo to find out what package you have installed owns those files, and make a smart decision from there. -f is not to be used dilly-dally like lilsirecho suggests.

mc_bizon

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Registered: 2007-11-06

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Re: pacman -Syu - pciutils conflict

thank for the replies. i tried pacman -Qo on conflicting files and no package owns them. does it mean that now it is safe to use pacman -Syuf?

Last edited by mc_bizon (2007-11-07 13:01:54)

shining

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Registered: 2006-05-10

Posts: 2,043

Re: pacman -Syu - pciutils conflict

thank for the replies. i tried pacman -Qo on conflicting files and no package owns them. does it mean that now it is safe to use pacman -Syuf?

It's a bit strange that no package owns them, but well.
You don't need to force the whole transaction, just force the install of the package that has a conflict, ie :

pacman -Sy
pacman -Sf pciutils
pacman -Su

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mc_bizon

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Registered: 2007-11-06

Posts: 4

Re: pacman -Syu - pciutils conflict

that did it, thanks for help