Hi everyone, hope you are all doing good and staying home safely!!
I wanted to ask you some assistance, since as of recently, while installing some python modules and python-based software [e.g. deluge, pip, pipenv], I have run into these very similar erorrs:
For deluge-gtk :
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/__init__.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/__pycache__/_bashcomplete.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/__pycache__/_compat.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/__pycache__/_termui_impl.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/__pycache__/_textwrap.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/__pycache__/_unicodefun.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/__pycache__/_winconsole.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/__pycache__/core.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/__pycache__/decorators.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/__pycache__/exceptions.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/__pycache__/formatting.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/__pycache__/globals.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/__pycache__/parser.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/__pycache__/termui.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/__pycache__/testing.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/__pycache__/types.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/__pycache__/utils.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/_bashcomplete.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/_compat.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/_termui_impl.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/_textwrap.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/_unicodefun.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/_winconsole.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/core.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/decorators.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/exceptions.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/formatting.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/globals.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/parser.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/termui.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/testing.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/types.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/utils.py exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
Error installing repo packages
While not having python-click installled on my system
And for python-pip and python-pipenv
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/__pycache__/wheel_builder.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/__pycache__/main.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/main.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/distributions/__pycache__/sdist.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/distributions/sdist.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/index/__init__.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/index/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/index/__pycache__/collector.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/index/__pycache__/package_finder.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/index/collector.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/index/package_finder.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/models/__pycache__/scheme.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/models/__pycache__/wheel.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/models/scheme.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/models/wheel.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/network/__pycache__/download.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/network/__pycache__/utils.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/network/download.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/network/utils.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/build/__init__.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/build/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/build/__pycache__/metadata.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/build/__pycache__/metadata_legacy.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/build/__pycache__/wheel.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/build/__pycache__/wheel_legacy.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/build/metadata.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/build/metadata_legacy.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/build/wheel.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/build/wheel_legacy.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/install/__init__.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/install/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/install/__pycache__/editable_legacy.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/install/__pycache__/legacy.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/install/__pycache__/wheel.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/install/editable_legacy.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/install/legacy.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/install/wheel.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/__pycache__/distutils_args.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/__pycache__/entrypoints.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/__pycache__/pkg_resources.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/__pycache__/wheel.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/distutils_args.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/entrypoints.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/pkg_resources.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/wheel.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/wheel_builder.py exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
Error installing repo packages
Additionally, I do not have the package python-pip installed on my system.
I will be very grateful if anyone will be able to give me a hand troubleshooting this!
Thanks!!
This is probably due to installing pip manually and then using it to install packages. There are lot of instructions advising to do this on the broader internet but this is fairly problematic on arch-based distros.
My advice is to use pip to remove any packages installed with it and then use pip to remove pip. From there either use the package manager to install any python packages you need to globally or use pip in virtualenv or similar for development purposes.
That might be the case, but unfortunately I can’t recall having installed pip any time in recent months (and am on EndeavourOS since early February), though I don’t exclude maybe having done it some time at night, not clear-minded enough for that.
I don’t seem to be able to call pip into action either:
Unfortunately, even with the --overwrite option, it will not work
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/init.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/pycache/init.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/pycache/_bashcomplete.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/pycache/_compat.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/pycache/_termui_impl.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/pycache/_textwrap.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/pycache/_unicodefun.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/pycache/_winconsole.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/pycache/core.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/pycache/decorators.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/pycache/exceptions.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/pycache/formatting.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/pycache/globals.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/pycache/parser.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/pycache/termui.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/pycache/testing.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/pycache/types.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/pycache/utils.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/_bashcomplete.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/_compat.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/_termui_impl.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/_textwrap.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/_unicodefun.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/_winconsole.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/core.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/decorators.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/exceptions.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/formatting.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/globals.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/parser.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/termui.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/testing.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/types.py exists in filesystem
python-click: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/utils.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/pycache/wheel_builder.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/pycache/main.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/main.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/distributions/pycache/sdist.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/distributions/sdist.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/index/init.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/index/pycache/init.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/index/pycache/collector.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/index/pycache/package_finder.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/index/collector.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/index/package_finder.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/models/pycache/scheme.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/models/pycache/wheel.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/models/scheme.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/models/wheel.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/network/pycache/download.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/network/pycache/utils.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/network/download.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/network/utils.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/build/init.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/build/pycache/init.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/build/pycache/metadata.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/build/pycache/metadata_legacy.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/build/pycache/wheel.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/build/pycache/wheel_legacy.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/build/metadata.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/build/metadata_legacy.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/build/wheel.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/build/wheel_legacy.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/install/init.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/install/pycache/init.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/install/pycache/editable_legacy.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/install/pycache/legacy.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/install/pycache/wheel.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/install/editable_legacy.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/install/legacy.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/install/wheel.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/pycache/distutils_args.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/pycache/entrypoints.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/pycache/pkg_resources.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/pycache/wheel.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/distutils_args.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/entrypoints.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/pkg_resources.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/wheel.py exists in filesystem
python-pip: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/wheel_builder.py exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.