pacman -Syu could not satify dependencies[solved & thanks]

woodvillage · 2008-11-04 04:21:10

Hi there, I am a Chinese, and it's my first time to post here. My English is poor, so I hope you can understand if there are some grammar or spelling errors.

I installed Archlinux 2008.06 on my VirtualBox(the host os is windows xp sp3), and I am trying to configure the system step by step as the beginners guide in wiki. But a error occured when I issued the command pacman -Syu:

[root@woodvillage~]# pacman -Syu
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 communitu is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: ipw3945: requires kernel26<2.6.26

I don't know how to do with this, should I reinstall the system?

Last edited by woodvillage (2008-11-04 05:24:41)

Allan · 2008-11-04 04:27:26

ipw3945 has been depreciated in favour of iwl3945 which is built into the kernel. See this: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wir … 000-series

woodvillage · 2008-11-04 04:43:41

I tried again, and the message changed to this:

[root@woodvillage~]# pacman -Syu
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 communitu is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: bash will be installed before its glibc dependecy
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: readline will be installed before its glibc dependecy
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: ncurses will be installed before its glibc dependecy
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: ipw3945: requires kernel26<2.6.26

Allan · 2008-11-04 04:48:35

Ok, I will be clearer...

pacman -S iwlwifi-XXXX-ucode where XXXX is the number of the card you need
pacman -R ipw3945
pacman -Syu

In fact, do you even need wireless drives within virtualbox? If not, just skip the first step.

woodvillage · 2008-11-04 05:24:02

done!
thanks a lot!

H.Delbrook · 2008-11-06 09:29:35

Uhhh! I had the same problem. Then I learned not to spell pacman with a 'k'
So pacman updating itself before an -Syu is dangerous then?
Because (I think) that's how the dependency cycle detected error came about. Pacman wanted to update itself before completing a system upgrade (and I allowed it).
Is it safe to update pacman after an -Syu?

Thanks

thayer · 2008-11-06 16:44:47

I always update pacman first. It's the package manager and so in my opinion takes greater priority over all other package updates.

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#1 2008-11-04 04:21:10

pacman -Syu could not satify dependencies[solved & thanks]

#2 2008-11-04 04:27:26

Re: pacman -Syu could not satify dependencies[solved & thanks]

#3 2008-11-04 04:43:41

Re: pacman -Syu could not satify dependencies[solved & thanks]

#4 2008-11-04 04:48:35

Re: pacman -Syu could not satify dependencies[solved & thanks]

#5 2008-11-04 05:24:02

Re: pacman -Syu could not satify dependencies[solved & thanks]

#6 2008-11-06 09:29:35

Re: pacman -Syu could not satify dependencies[solved & thanks]

#7 2008-11-06 16:44:47

Re: pacman -Syu could not satify dependencies[solved & thanks]

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