# Can't remove a package **URL:** \ **Category:** Newbie\ **Created:** [December 12, 2021, 5:45am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-remove-a-package/21154 "2021-12-12T05:45:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/nir)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 5:45am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-remove-a-package/21154/1 "2021-12-12T05:45:28Z")
Unable to remove snnapper packages with pacman as I deleted some conf.d folder during configuration of snapper. I want a fresh installation of snapper package but cant be going through. DE:Xfce ---
**Author:** ![KDen](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@KDen](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/KDen)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-remove-a-package/21154/2 "2021-12-12T05:58:08Z")
Can’t you just install it again? with `pacman -S package_name` It should install any missing files ---
**Author:** ![nir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/nir)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-remove-a-package/21154/3 "2021-12-12T06:03:37Z")
no ---
**Author:** ![Zircon34](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/zircon34/32/135623_2.png) [@Zircon34](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Zircon34)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 6:07am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-remove-a-package/21154/4 "2021-12-12T06:07:47Z")
Welcome to the forum! What’s your terminal output and terminal command you used? Please post here and format with code brackets. Also what is your partitioning setup, I assume you use btrfs. Also have a look at this that might help with your configs. [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/snapper](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/snapper) ---
**Author:** ![inffy](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/inffy/32/8160_2.png) [@inffy](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/inffy)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 6:07am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-remove-a-package/21154/5 "2021-12-12T06:07:56Z")
IT would really help to see what the error would be when you try to install it ---
**Author:** ![nir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/nir)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 6:13am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-remove-a-package/21154/6 "2021-12-12T06:13:34Z")
sudo pacman -S snapper [sudo] password for test: warning: snapper-0.9.1-1 is up to date – reinstalling resolving dependencies… looking for conflicting packages… Package (1) Old Version New Version Net Change community/snapper 0.9.1-1 0.9.1-1 0.00 MiB Total Installed Size: 3.11 MiB Net Upgrade Size: 0.00 MiB :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y (1/1) checking keys in keyring [------------------------------------] 100% (1/1) checking package integrity [------------------------------------] 100% (1/1) loading package files [------------------------------------] 100% (1/1) checking for file conflicts [------------------------------------] 100% (1/1) checking available disk space [------------------------------------] 100% warning: could not get file information for etc/conf.d/snapper :: Running pre-transaction hooks… (1/1) Performing snapper pre snapshots for the following configurations… Traceback (most recent call last): File “/usr/share/libalpm/scripts/snap-pac”, line 194, in for snapper\_config in get\_snapper\_configs(args.snapper\_conf\_file): File “/usr/share/libalpm/scripts/snap-pac”, line 135, in get\_snapper\_configs for line in conf\_file.read\_text().split("\n"): File “/usr/lib/python3.9/pathlib.py”, line 1266, in read\_text with self.open(mode=‘r’, encoding=encoding, errors=errors) as f: File “/usr/lib/python3.9/pathlib.py”, line 1252, in open return io.open(self, mode, buffering, encoding, errors, newline, File “/usr/lib/python3.9/pathlib.py”, line 1120, in \_opener return self.\_accessor.open(self, flags, mode) FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ‘/etc/conf.d/snapper’ error: command failed to execute correctly error: failed to commit transaction (failed to run transaction hooks) Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. I have deleted etc/conf.d during configuration of snapper ---
**Author:** ![Zircon34](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/zircon34/32/135623_2.png) [@Zircon34](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Zircon34)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 6:24am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-remove-a-package/21154/7 "2021-12-12T06:24:02Z")
I suggest you could try creating a config. This post seem to have a lot of answers. > [@Using snapper to snapshoot and restore a system](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/using-snapper-to-snapshoot-and-restore-a-system/16586/70): > > Okay but what does the snapshot of that do? Post output of `sudo snapper list-configs` You can try to create another default config for the respective sub volume. Since you did not post the information it is hard to guess. ```auto sudo snapper create-config / ``` To generate the root config. I am by no means a btrfs person. I will refer to @ricklinux and @dalto ---
**Author:** ![KDen](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@KDen](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/KDen)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 6:25am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-remove-a-package/21154/8 "2021-12-12T06:25:22Z")
What do you get with `pacman -Qkk snapper`? ---
**Author:** ![nir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/nir)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 6:26am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-remove-a-package/21154/9 "2021-12-12T06:26:08Z")
sudo snapper list-configs Config | Subvolume ---
**Author:** ![nir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/nir)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 6:26am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-remove-a-package/21154/10 "2021-12-12T06:26:59Z")
> [@KDen](#): > > pacman -Qkk snapper sudo pacman -Qkk snapper warning: snapper: /etc/conf.d/snapper (No such file or directory) snapper: 267 total files, 1 altered file ---
**Author:** ![nir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/nir)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 6:30am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-remove-a-package/21154/11 "2021-12-12T06:30:07Z")
> [@Zircon34](#): > > `sudo snapper -c home create-config /` Listing configs failed (sysconfig-file not found) ---
**Author:** ![Zircon34](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/zircon34/32/135623_2.png) [@Zircon34](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Zircon34)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 6:32am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-remove-a-package/21154/12 "2021-12-12T06:32:57Z")
Sorry just edited above, try this `sudo snapper create-config /` (Also make sure to put your code in **single quotes** , you can either click on the code symbol just in the left of the emoji above textbox or put your text with ’ ') Edit: once this thread is solved it might be good to have a look at the following, very informative about options and what does what and avoid future troubles [https://man.archlinux.org/man/snapper.8](https://man.archlinux.org/man/snapper.8) ---
**Author:** ![nir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/nir)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 6:34am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-remove-a-package/21154/13 "2021-12-12T06:34:53Z")
> [@Zircon34](#): > > sudo snapper create-config / “sudo snapper create-config / Listing configs failed (sysconfig-file not found)” ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-remove-a-package/21154/14 "2021-12-12T06:40:45Z")
Did you delete the whole folder /etc/conf.d or are you saying you deleted the file snapper inside the folder? ---
**Author:** ![KDen](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@KDen](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/KDen)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 6:41am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-remove-a-package/21154/15 "2021-12-12T06:41:26Z")
What happens if you just create that folder and file by hand even if it’s an empty file, then try installing again? It’s weird a config file is preventing the package from installing though ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-remove-a-package/21154/16 "2021-12-12T06:46:01Z")
You can do the following ```auto sudo nano /etc/conf.d/snapper ``` add ```auto ## Path: System/Snapper ## Type: string ## Default: "" # List of snapper configurations. SNAPPER_CONFIGS="" ``` Save the file ctrl + o and enter Exit Nano ctrl + x Then you can recreate a config and see if that works. ---
**Author:** ![nir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/nir)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 6:47am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-remove-a-package/21154/17 "2021-12-12T06:47:21Z")
only snapper folder ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 6:49am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-remove-a-package/21154/18 "2021-12-12T06:49:17Z")
It’s a file not a folder inside of /etc/conf.d/ There are other files in there also. Did you delete the whole folder? Edit: The other files have nothing to do with snapper. There is only one file called snapper to create the configs . ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-remove-a-package/21154/19 "2021-12-12T06:53:57Z")
That’s the file. I only have one config for root so when i created the config it say’s ```auto SNAPPER_CONFIGS="root" ``` ---
**Author:** ![nir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/nir)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 6:55am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-remove-a-package/21154/20 "2021-12-12T06:55:40Z")
> [@ricklinux](#): > > ```auto > ## Path: System/Snapper > > ## Type: string > ## Default: "" > # List of snapper configurations. > SNAPPER_CONFIGS="" > > ``` I have deleted only etc/conf.d/snapper [Next page](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-remove-a-package/21154.md?page=2)