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delacruz

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From: /home/houston

Registered: 2007-12-09

Posts: 102

error upgrading

i get this error when i am trying to upgrade my system

(55/55) checking for file conflicts                 [#####################] 100%
error: could not prepare transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
texlive-bin: /usr/bin/mex exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

how do i fix this

Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

Posts: 11,498

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Re: error upgrading

Which package owns /usr/bin/mex?  (pacman -Qo /usr/bin/mex).

If a package from the repos owns it, then file a bug report.
If no package owns it, then it should be safe to delete and do your update.   Even better, just rename it so you still have the file if needed.

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delacruz

Member

From: /home/houston

Registered: 2007-12-09

Posts: 102

Re: error upgrading

i renamed the file like you said and i was able to upgrade.  thanks allan