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KViiri

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[SOLVED]Gnome conflicts

When trying to install GNOME (pacman -S gnome) I get a message claiming that lzma-utils conflicts with xz-utils. I am asked to either remove or leave xz-utils, but neither option works. What to do?

Last edited by KViiri (2009-06-10 16:06:58)

wonder

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Re: [SOLVED]Gnome conflicts

can you paste all output?
usually it asks you :

:: Replace lzma-utils with core/xz-utils? [Y/n] y

and you answer y

also don't forget to sync pacman before with pacman -Sy

Last edited by wonder (2009-06-10 11:25:36)

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chrispoole

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Re: [SOLVED]Gnome conflicts

Do you already have lzma-utils on your system? xz-utils seems to be replacing it.

Try sudo pacman -Rsnf lzma-utils

EDIT: wonder's post wasn't there as I was replying

Last edited by chrispoole (2009-06-10 11:26:33)

KViiri

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Re: [SOLVED]Gnome conflicts

No the problem is that neither yes nor no allow proceeding in the installation program.

: : lzma-utils conflicts with xz-utils. Remove xz-utils? [Y/n]

I am a total Linux newbie but as far as I can understand the installer both requires and conflicts with xz-utils...

Choosing y

error: could not prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
: : libarchive: requires xz-utils

Nothing installed. Choosing n

error: could not prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
: : lzma-utils: conflicts with xz-utils

Again, nothing installed.

By the way, thanks for the swift replies

chrispoole

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Re: [SOLVED]Gnome conflicts

OK, try the following:

sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -Rsnf lzma-utils
sudo pacman -S xz-utils
sudo pacman -S gnome

KViiri

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Re: [SOLVED]Gnome conflicts

Thanks for the suggestion but it doesn't work.  Trying to use the pacman to remove lzma-utils yields the following message.

error: 'lzma-utils' not found in the local db

so xz-utils won't install, and so won't GNOME.

wonder

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Re: [SOLVED]Gnome conflicts

do pacman -Syyu before pacman -S gnome

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Allan

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Re: [SOLVED]Gnome conflicts

My guess is to wait for a bit of mirror syncing then say "y" to the replace.

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chrispoole

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Re: [SOLVED]Gnome conflicts

I think Allan's on the money.

This change from lzma to xz only seems to have been made in the past few hours. Give it another hour or two for local mirrors to catch on, and it should work.

KViiri

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Re: [SOLVED]Gnome conflicts

Neither of the utils are found with pacman, even though I synced a few minutes ago. Maybe I should try some other mirror?

KViiri

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Re: [SOLVED]Gnome conflicts

So that was the problem! Thanks a lot!