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windtalker

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Registered: 2008-03-17

Posts: 220

Need a suggestion on updating please<solved>

My printer/scanner works fine at the moment so,,,,,

bash-3.2# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core                      31.5K  307.8K/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
extra                    386.3K   54.1K/s 00:00:07 [#####################] 100%
community                351.4K   58.5K/s 00:00:06 [#####################] 100%
kdemod-legacy is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (5): imagemagick-6.4.8.2-1  rsync-3.0.5-1  sqlite3-3.6.7-2
             system-config-printer-1.1.1-1  zlib-1.2.3.3-3

Total Download Size:    2.85 MB
Total Installed Size:   12.50 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages from core...
zlib-1.2.3.3-3-i686      111.0K  100.3K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
:: Retrieving packages from extra...
imagemagick-6.4.8.2...     2.1M   49.5K/s 00:00:44 [#####################] 100%
rsync-3.0.5-1-i686       247.2K   52.7K/s 00:00:05 [#####################] 100%
sqlite3-3.6.7-2-i686     391.3K   51.1K/s 00:00:08 [#####################] 100%
checking package integrity...
(5/5) checking for file conflicts                   [#####################] 100%
error: could not prepare transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
system-config-printer: /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cupshelpers/__init__.pyc                    exists in filesystem
system-config-printer: /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cupshelpers/cupshelpers.                   pyc exists in filesystem
system-config-printer: /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cupshelpers/openprinting                   .pyc exists in filesystem
system-config-printer: /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cupshelpers/ppds.pyc exi                   sts in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
bash-3.2#                                                                                 

I dunno whether to remove the conflicting packages or just leave well enough alone.
Suggestions?

Last edited by windtalker (2008-12-30 22:13:38)

sirius

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From: Norway

Registered: 2008-12-25

Posts: 68

Re: Need a suggestion on updating please<solved>

The files belongs to system-config-printer, you may delete the files and try again.

-- edit --

Or 'pacman -Qo $file' the files first, and check for yourself

Last edited by sirius (2008-12-30 20:50:29)

windtalker

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Registered: 2008-03-17

Posts: 220

Re: Need a suggestion on updating please<solved>

Thx for that, trying it now.

Last edited by windtalker (2008-12-30 22:09:16)

string

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Registered: 2008-11-03

Posts: 286

Re: Need a suggestion on updating please<solved>

2 (two) __ not one. And you have to specifiy the full filename.

Last edited by string (2008-12-30 22:08:55)

windtalker

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Registered: 2008-03-17

Posts: 220

Re: Need a suggestion on updating please<solved>

I saw my error after making my post and edited the post I guess at the same time you were posting.
It worked, thx for the help.