[arch-general] Whats wrong with this error message

2009-10-09 Thread David Houston
d...@devbox [2054] -- pacman -U nvidia-utils-beta-190.36-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz 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

Re: [arch-general] Whats wrong with this error message

2009-10-09 Thread Allan McRae
David Houston wrote: d...@devbox [2054] -- pacman -U nvidia-utils-beta-190.36-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz 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

Re: [arch-general] Whats wrong with this error message

2009-10-09 Thread David Houston
error: replacing packages with -U is not supported yet error: you can replace packages manually using -Rd and -U -U is not yet supported but can be done using -U? Dave - r...@crankyadmin.net cra...@archlinux.us On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Allan McRae al...@archlinux.org

Re: [arch-general] Whats wrong with this error message

2009-10-09 Thread Allan McRae
David Houston wrote: error: replacing packages with -U is not supported yet error: you can replace packages manually using -Rd and -U -U is not yet supported but can be done using -U? No, replacing packages using -U only is not supported. You have to use -Rd and then -U. Notice after

Re: [arch-general] Whats wrong with this error message

2009-10-09 Thread Nezmer
On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 03:16:02PM +0100, David Houston wrote: 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) :: nvidia-utils-beta: conflicts with nvidia-utils It

Re: [arch-general] Whats wrong with this error message

2009-10-09 Thread Xavier
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 4:29 PM, nez...@allurelinux.org wrote: On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 03:16:02PM +0100, David Houston wrote: 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

Re: [arch-general] Whats wrong with this error message

2009-10-09 Thread Dennis Brendel
On Friday 09 October 2009 16:24:44 David Houston wrote: error: replacing packages with -U is not supported yet error: you can replace packages manually using -Rd and -U -U is not yet supported but can be done using -U? As Allan wrote: You want: pacman -Rd nvidia-utils pacman -U

Re: [arch-general] Whats wrong with this error message

2009-10-09 Thread David Houston
Ok cool! Just though the error message was a bit erroneous in its description. Thanks again Dave - r...@crankyadmin.net cra...@archlinux.us On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Dennis Brendel buddab...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday 09 October 2009 16:24:44 David Houston wrote: error:

Re: [arch-general] Whats wrong with this error message

2009-10-09 Thread Aaron Griffin
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 9:49 AM, David Houston r...@crankyadmin.net wrote: Ok cool! Just though the error message was a bit erroneous in its description. Actually, it's just the package naming. nvidia-utils-beta is the pkgname of the package you're trying to install. nvidia-utils is the