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jordanwb

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From: Ontario, Canada

Registered: 2008-07-01

Posts: 151

So trying to install splashy

I'm trying to install splashy. The Wiki says that splashy depends on initscripts-splashy, whcih i tried to install. Pacman told me that I need sysvinit-mod which I'm trying to install. I downloaded the tarball from AUR, decompressed it and ran makepkg. I then ran "sudo pacman -U sysvinit-mod-2.86-2-i686.pkg.tar.gz" and this is what I get:

jordanwb@LAPTOP sysvinit-mod]$ sudo pacman -U sysvinit-mod-2.86-2-i686.pkg.tar.
loading package data...
checking dependencies...
error: replacing packages with -U is not supported yet
error: you can replace packages manually using -Rd and -U
error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
:: sysvinit-mod: conflicts with sysvinit
[jordanwb@LAPTOP sysvinit-mod]$

If sysvinit-mod is already installed why does makpkg tell me:

[jordanwb@LAPTOP initscripts-splashy]$ makepkg
==> Making package: initscripts-splashy 2008.08-2 i686 (Thu Nov  6 01:23:05 EST 2008)
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Missing Dependencies:
  -> sysvinit-mod
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> ERROR: Could not resolve all dependencies.
[jordanwb@LAPTOP initscripts-splashy]$

BinkyTheClown

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From: The Circus

Registered: 2008-06-11

Posts: 85

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Re: So trying to install splashy

I'm trying to install splashy. The Wiki says that splashy depends on initscripts-splashy, whcih i tried to install. Pacman told me that I need sysvinit-mod which I'm trying to install. I downloaded the tarball from AUR, decompressed it and ran makepkg. I then ran "sudo pacman -U sysvinit-mod-2.86-2-i686.pkg.tar.gz" and this is what I get:

jordanwb@LAPTOP sysvinit-mod]$ sudo pacman -U sysvinit-mod-2.86-2-i686.pkg.tar. 
loading package data...
checking dependencies...
error: replacing packages with -U is not supported yet
error: you can replace packages manually using -Rd and -U
error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
:: sysvinit-mod: conflicts with sysvinit
[jordanwb@LAPTOP sysvinit-mod]$

As you can see, there is an error when you did that and the reason is given "sysvinit-mod: conflicts with sysvinit". You must remove manually sysvinit with `pacman -Rd sysvinit` and after run `pacman -U sysvinit-mod-2.86-2-i686.pkg.tar`

If sysvinit-mod is already installed why does makpkg tell me:

[jordanwb@LAPTOP initscripts-splashy]$ makepkg
==> Making package: initscripts-splashy 2008.08-2 i686 (Thu Nov  6 01:23:05 EST 2008)
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Missing Dependencies:
  -> sysvinit-mod
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> ERROR: Could not resolve all dependencies.
[jordanwb@LAPTOP initscripts-splashy]$

Actually sysvinit-mod was not installed because of the error.

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jordanwb

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From: Ontario, Canada

Registered: 2008-07-01

Posts: 151

Re: So trying to install splashy

Okay thanks. When I install initscripts-splashy via "pacman -U whatever.tar.gz" it says that it conflicts with the initscripts package. Am I to do the same to initscripts as with sysvinit?

If I wanted to remove Splashy (if I don't like it or something else) is removal easy?

Last edited by jordanwb (2008-11-07 02:09:23)

BinkyTheClown

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Registered: 2008-06-11

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Re: So trying to install splashy

Okay thanks. When I install initscripts-splashy via "pacman -U whatever.tar.gz" it says that it conflicts with the initscripts package. Am I to do the same to initscripts as with sysvinit?

Yes

If I wanted to remove Splashy (if I don't like it or something else) is removal easy?

The answer again is yes -we are talking about Arch Linux -. It would be the reverse of the steps you did -uninstall initscripts-splashy, install initscripts, uninstall sysvinit-mod, install sysvinit-.

Last edited by BinkyTheClown (2008-11-07 02:17:14)

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jordanwb

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From: Ontario, Canada

Registered: 2008-07-01

Posts: 151

Re: So trying to install splashy

Sweet thanks.

Ok so I finished following the instructions and rebooted my laptop. While booting it said "Something Failed. Killing Splashy". Now that's not a very helpful error message.

[Edit] Apparently I have to do a file system check. I think that's what caused Splashy to fail. I'll make this as a separate topic

Last edited by jordanwb (2008-11-07 02:51:03)