Need Help With Broken Apps post system update

[Noodello]

Firstly, I am rather tech illiterate in terms of Endeavour users. I wanted to get off windows and took a bit of a plunge. I’ve been able to get by on forum posts and advice from friends, but I seem to have borked something and would appreciate help.

Steam wasn’t launching, and after running a system update (I just did a yay in bash) I seem to have fixed the steam problem and traded in spotify and chrome for it. They both disappeared from my taskbar, but they are still sort of there. There is a blank space, but if I hover over it the app name pops up and I can click it but nothing runs.

They come up in the application launcher with no image and won’t launch from there either. If I try to clean build them they pop errors as already being in the filesystem. I also tried using “sudo pacman -Rns spotify” to pull the app off and then re-downloading from yay to the same error.

Would greatly appreciate help in troubleshooting.

[Archie1]

Well first of all, did you run yay or did you run yay -Syu?

Run the following commands and paste their output over here inside a “code/Performatted text” block.

$ yay -Rns spotify
$ yay -Rns google-chrome
$ yay -Sc
$ yay -Syu 
$ yay -Ps

[Bink]

Welcome to the community @Noodello

Do you recall how your originally installed Spotify and Chrome?

What’s the output of:

yay -Q | grep -E "spotify|chrome"

Of course, if @Archie1’s suggested uninstall works, this won’t return anything

[Noodello]

I just ran yay not yay -Syu

This is what each command returned

[noodello@noodello-b650gamingxaxv2 ~]$ yay -Rns spotify 
[sudo] password for noodello:  
**error:** target not found: spotify 
**->** exit status 1

[noodello@noodello-b650gamingxaxv2 ~]$ yay -Rns google-chrome 
**error:** target not found: google-chrome 
 **->** exit status 1

[noodello@noodello-b650gamingxaxv2 ~]$ yay -Sc
Packages to keep:
All locally installed packages

Cache directory: /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
:: Do you want to remove all other packages from cache? [Y/n] y
removing old packages from cache…
error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-PRPQDG: Error reading fd 7
error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-lPCyeY: Error reading fd 7
error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-XCiWT0: Error reading fd 7
error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-kKvDcs: Error reading fd 7
error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-STVSM6: Error reading fd 7
error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-3wLqwu: Error reading fd 7
error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-4NUnmz: Error reading fd 7
error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-E7LbyT: Error reading fd 7
error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-ITqXMt: Error reading fd 7
error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-Slh4v4: Error reading fd 7
error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-OELTeS: Error reading fd 7
error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-DpB16H: Error reading fd 7
error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-8besdk: Error reading fd 7
error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-8UDfII: Error reading fd 7
error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-XDn6h4: Error reading fd 7
error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-OQD1h4: Error reading fd 7
error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-C9QD2X: Error reading fd 7
error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-aR3RQf: Error reading fd 7
error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-8kN2l9: Error reading fd 7
error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-kFU5SZ: Error reading fd 7
error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-rIECSc: Error reading fd 7
error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-46JIlm: Error reading fd 7

Database directory: /var/lib/pacman/
:: Do you want to remove unused repositories? [Y/n] y
removing unused sync repositories…

Build directory: /home/noodello/.cache/yay
:: Do you want to remove all other AUR packages from cache? [Y/n] y
removing AUR packages from cache…
:: Do you want to remove ALL untracked AUR files? [Y/n] y
removing untracked AUR files from cache…

[noodello@noodello-b650gamingxaxv2 ~]$ yay -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases…
endeavouros is up to date
core is up to date
extra                                                     8.2 MiB  7.44 MiB/s 00:01 [------------------------------------------------] 100%
multilib                                                128.9 KiB   270 KiB/s 00:00 [------------------------------------------------] 100%
:: Searching AUR for updates…
:: Searching databases for updates…
 → Packages not in AUR: accounts-qml-module
:: 1 package to upgrade/install.
1  multilib/lib32-nettle  4.0-1 → 4.0-2
==> Packages to exclude: (eg: “1 2 3”, “1-3”, “^4” or repo name)
 → Excluding packages may cause partial upgrades and break systems
==> none
Sync Dependency (1): lib32-nettle-4.0-2
:: Synchronizing package databases…
endeavouros is up to date
core is up to date
extra is up to date
multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade…
resolving dependencies…
looking for conflicting packages…

Package (1)            Old Version  New Version  Net Change  Download Size

multilib/lib32-nettle  4.0-1        4.0-2          0.07 MiB       0.33 MiB

Total Download Size:   0.33 MiB
Total Installed Size:  0.59 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:      0.07 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages…
lib32-nettle-4.0-2-x86_64                               333.4 KiB   602 KiB/s 00:01 [------------------------------------------------] 100%
(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%
:: Processing package changes…
(1/1) upgrading lib32-nettle                                                         [------------------------------------------------] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks…
(1/2) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate…
(2/2) Checking which packages need to be rebuilt

[noodello@noodello-b650gamingxaxv2 ~]$ yay -Ps 
**==>** Yay version v12.5.7 
**===========================================** 
**==>** Total installed packages: 1210 
**==>** Foreign installed packages: 1 
**==>** Explicitly installed packages: 217 
**==>** Total Size occupied by packages: 7.2 GiB 
**==>** Size of pacman cache /var/cache/pacman/pkg/: 2.3 GiB 
**==>** Size of yay cache /home/noodello/.cache/yay: 2.4 MiB 
**===========================================** 
**==>** Ten biggest packages: 
**noto-fonts-extra**: 331.3 MiB 
**noto-fonts-cjk**: 298.8 MiB 
**firefox**: 282.5 MiB 
**qt6-webengine**: 282.1 MiB 
**linux-headers**: 277.7 MiB 
**gcc**: 218.4 MiB 
**lib32-llvm-libs**: 168.4 MiB 
**llvm-libs**: 163.7 MiB 
**linux**: 147.4 MiB 
**webkit2gtk-4.1**: 132.8 MiB 
**===========================================** 
[noodello@noodello-b650gamingxaxv2 ~]$ 

[Noodello]

Thanks for the welcome!

I originally installed them through yay. That’s how I’ve gotten most everything. (There might be one flatpack on here)

I did try @Archie1’s suggestion first, and yep nothing happened from what you suggested.

[Bink]

From the output you shared, @Archie1’s suggestion didn’t find them either.

So they’ve either been uninstalled already, or they weren’t originally installed using yay, or other Arch package management tools.

Back to the core of the issue though, what happens when you try to install it? For example:

yay -Syu spotify

[Noodello]

Trying your suggestion gives this:

[noodello@noodello-b650gamingxaxv2 ~]$ yay -Syu spotify
[sudo] password for noodello: 
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 endeavouros is up to date
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 multilib is up to date
:: Searching AUR for updates...
:: Searching databases for updates...
 -> Packages not in AUR: accounts-qml-module
:: 1 package to upgrade/install.
1  aur/spotify   -> 1:1.2.89.539-1
==> Packages to exclude: (eg: "1 2 3", "1-3", "^4" or repo name)
 -> Excluding packages may cause partial upgrades and break systems
==> 1
 there is nothing to do
[noodello@noodello-b650gamingxaxv2 ~]$ 

The “Packages not in AUR” part seems weird. I’m very certain that I got them from the list that pops up from something like yay spotify, so it’s weird that it seems like they’ve been disconnected from that somehow.

Edit:

I apologize, I mis-input something .

I tried again and got something else, one moment and I will share.

Edit 2:

This is what returns when I don’t exclude the package I’m trying to troubleshoot:

[noodello@noodello-b650gamingxaxv2 ~]$ yay -Syu spotify 
:: Synchronizing package databases... 
endeavouros is up to date
core is up to date
extra is up to date
multilib is up to date
:: Searching AUR for updates... 
:: Searching databases for updates... 
-> Packages not in AUR: accounts-qml-module 
:: 1 package to upgrade/install. 
1  aur/spotify  -> 1:1.2.89.539-1
==>Packages to exclude: (eg: "1 2 3", "1-3", "^4" or repo name)
-> Excluding packages may cause partial upgrades and break systems 
==>  
AUR Explicit (1):spotify-1:1.2.89.539-1
:: (1/1) Downloaded PKGBUILD: spotify 
 1spotify                        (Build Files Exist) 
==>Packages to cleanBuild?
==>[N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==>  
 1spotify                        (Build Files Exist) 
==>Diffs to show?
==>[N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==>  
==> Making package: spotify 1:1.2.89.539-1 (Wed 20 May 2026 01:52:49 AM EDT) 
==> Retrieving sources... 
-> Downloading spotify-1.2.89.539-gfb3c63a3-x86_64.deb... 
 % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
                                Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
 0      0   0      0   0      0      0      0                              0
100 163.2M 100 163.2M   0      0 99.53M      0   00:01   00:01         102.1M 
-> Found spotify.sh 
-> Found spotify.protocol 
-> Found LICENSE 
-> Downloading spotify-1.2.89.539-1-Release... 
 % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
                                Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
 0      0   0      0   0      0      0      0                              0
100   2447 100   2447   0      0  13002      0                              0 
-> Downloading spotify-1.2.89.539-1-Release.sig... 
 % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
                                Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
 0      0   0      0   0      0      0      0                              0
100    833 100    833   0      0   4247      0                              0 
-> Downloading spotify-1.2.89.539-1-x86_64-Packages... 
 % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
                                Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
 0      0   0      0   0      0      0      0                              0
100   1124 100   1124   0      0   5769      0                              0 
==> WARNING: Skipping verification of source file PGP signatures. 
==> Validating source files with sha512sums... 
   spotify-1.2.89.539-gfb3c63a3-x86_64.deb ... Passed
   spotify.sh ... Passed
   spotify.protocol ... Passed
   LICENSE ... Passed
   spotify-1.2.89.539-1-Release ... Skipped
   spotify-1.2.89.539-1-Release.sig ... Skipped
   spotify-1.2.89.539-1-x86_64-Packages ... Skipped
:: (1/1) Parsing SRCINFO: spotify 
pub   rsa4096 2025-11-21 [SC] [expires: 2027-02-14] 
     E1096BCBFF6D418796DE78515384CE82BA52C83A
 uid           [ unknown] Spotify Public Repository Signing Key <tux@spotify.com>  
 
==> Making package: spotify 1:1.2.89.539-1 (Wed 20 May 2026 01:52:52 AM EDT) 
==> Checking runtime dependencies... 
==> Checking buildtime dependencies... 
==> Retrieving sources... 
-> Found spotify-1.2.89.539-gfb3c63a3-x86_64.deb 
-> Found spotify.sh 
-> Found spotify.protocol 
-> Found LICENSE 
-> Found spotify-1.2.89.539-1-Release 
-> Found spotify-1.2.89.539-1-Release.sig 
-> Found spotify-1.2.89.539-1-x86_64-Packages 
==> Validating source files with sha512sums... 
   spotify-1.2.89.539-gfb3c63a3-x86_64.deb ... Passed
   spotify.sh ... Passed
   spotify.protocol ... Passed
   LICENSE ... Passed
   spotify-1.2.89.539-1-Release ... Skipped
   spotify-1.2.89.539-1-Release.sig ... Skipped
   spotify-1.2.89.539-1-x86_64-Packages ... Skipped
==> Verifying source file signatures with gpg... 
   spotify-1.2.89.539-1-Release ... Passed
==> Removing existing $srcdir/ directory... 
==> Extracting sources... 
-> Extracting spotify-1.2.89.539-gfb3c63a3-x86_64.deb with bsdtar 
==> Starting prepare()... 
spotify-1.2.89.539-1-x86_64-Packages: OK 
spotify-1.2.89.539-gfb3c63a3-x86_64.deb: OK 
==> Sources are ready. 
==> Making package: spotify 1:1.2.89.539-1 (Wed 20 May 2026 01:52:53 AM EDT) 
==> Checking runtime dependencies... 
==> Checking buildtime dependencies... 
==> WARNING: Using existing $srcdir/ tree 
==> Entering fakeroot environment... 
==> Starting package()... 
==> Tidying install... 
-> Removing libtool files... 
-> Removing static library files... 
-> Purging unwanted files... 
-> Compressing man and info pages... 
==> Checking for packaging issues... 
==> Creating package "spotify"... 
-> Generating .PKGINFO file... 
-> Generating .BUILDINFO file... 
-> Generating .MTREE file... 
-> Compressing package... 
==> Leaving fakeroot environment. 
==> Finished making: spotify 1:1.2.89.539-1 (Wed 20 May 2026 01:52:56 AM EDT) 
==> Cleaning up... 
loading packages... 
resolving dependencies... 
looking for conflicting packages... 
 
Package (1)  New Version     Net Change 
 
spotify      1:1.2.89.539-1  367.53 MiB 
 
Total Installed Size: 367.53 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% 
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) 
spotify: /opt/spotify/Apps/login.spa exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/Apps/xpui.spa exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/apt-keys/spotify-2025-11-21-5384CE82BA52C83A.gpg exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/assets/window-control-menu-dots-pressed.scale-100.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/assets/window-control-menu-dots-pressed.scale-125.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/assets/window-control-menu-dots-pressed.scale-150.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/assets/window-control-menu-dots-pressed.scale-200.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/assets/window-control-menu-dots-pressed.scale-400.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/assets/window-control-menu-dots.scale-100.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/assets/window-control-menu-dots.scale-125.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/assets/window-control-menu-dots.scale-150.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/assets/window-control-menu-dots.scale-200.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/assets/window-control-menu-dots.scale-400.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/chrome_100_percent.pak exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/chrome_200_percent.pak exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/crash_reporter.cfg exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/icons/spotify-linux-128.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/icons/spotify-linux-16.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/icons/spotify-linux-22.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/icons/spotify-linux-24.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/icons/spotify-linux-256.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/icons/spotify-linux-32.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/icons/spotify-linux-48.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/icons/spotify-linux-512.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/icons/spotify-linux-64.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/icons/spotify_icon.ico exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/icudtl.dat exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/libEGL.so exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/libGLESv2.so exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/libcef.so exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/libvk_swiftshader.so exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/libvulkan.so.1 exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/af.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/am.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/ar-EG.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/ar-MA.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/ar-SA.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/ar.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/az.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/bg.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/bho.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/bn.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/bs.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/ca.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/cs.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/da.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/de.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/el.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/en-GB.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/en-US.pak exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/en.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/es-419.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/es-AR.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/es-MX.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/es.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/et.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/eu.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/fa.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/fi.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/fil.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/fr-CA.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/fr.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/gl.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/gu.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/he.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/hi.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/hr.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/hu.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/id.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/is.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/it.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/ja.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/kn.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/ko.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/lt.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/lv.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/mk.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/ml.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/mr.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/ms.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/nb.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/ne.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/nl.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/or.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/pa-IN.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/pa-PK.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/pl.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/pt-BR.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/pt-PT.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/ro.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/ru.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/sk.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/sl.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/sr.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/sv.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/sw.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/ta.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/te.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/th.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/tr.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/uk.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/ur.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/vi.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/zh-CN.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/zh-Hant-HK.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/zh-Hant.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/zh-TW.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/locales/zu.mo exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/resources.pak exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/spotify exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/spotify.desktop exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/v8_context_snapshot.bin exists in filesystem 
spotify: /opt/spotify/vk_swiftshader_icd.json exists in filesystem 
spotify: /usr/bin/spotify exists in filesystem 
spotify: /usr/share/applications/spotify.desktop exists in filesystem 
spotify: /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/spotify.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/spotify.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/spotify.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/spotify.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/spotify.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/spotify.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/spotify.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/spotify.png exists in filesystem 
spotify: /usr/share/kservices5/spotify.protocol exists in filesystem 
spotify: /usr/share/licenses/spotify/LICENSE exists in filesystem 
spotify: /usr/share/pixmaps/spotify-client.png exists in filesystem 
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. 
-> error installing: [/home/noodello/.cache/yay/spotify/spotify-1:1.2.89.539-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst] - exit status 1 
[noodello@noodello-b650gamingxaxv2 ~]$

[Bink]

@Noodello

...exists in filesystem

These types of errors commonly show up when files have been put there in a way that wasn’t using the Arch package management tools. Eg: didn’t use yay, paru, pacman or makepkg.

Did you try using a different type of installer at some point, or manually copying files?

[Noodello]

I’ve only gotten things from yay. I may have accidentally broken it, but I’m not sure how.

I was using chrome to watch youtube, and steam wasn’t launching. I figured a driver might be out of date or something, so I opened the konsole and ran yay, once I restarted (I did just hit my power button as opposed to actually clicking restart) steam was (and is) working just fine, but the other two apps have ended up like this.

Is my current problem solvable in the konsole? Though, even if I have to go into dolphin and manually delete those files, I’d be ok with that if you thought it’d work.

[Bink]

@Noodello

once I restarted (I did just hit my power button as opposed to actually clicking restart)

You mean like tapped it to initiate a graceful shutdown, or was it a powah-be-off-right-now kind of “hit”?

In any case, it sounds like it might have been a partial/interrupted update.

Running these commands should remove the files causing issues, as well as any other files sitting in /opt/spotify at least.

(Use sudo when necesarry)

rm -R /opt/spotify
rm /usr/bin/spotify
rm /usr/share/applications/spotify.desktop
rm /usr/share/icons/hicolor/*/apps/spotify.png
rm /usr/share/kservices5/spotify.protocol
rm -R /usr/share/licenses/spotify
rm /usr/share/pixmaps/spotify-client.png

Then try re-installing again.

I will note there is an alternative way that forces the overwrite, but the above method at least attempts to clean up first, before installing, where as an overwrite wouldn’t necessarily clean up any files no longer referenced in the current Spotify package.

[Noodello]

lol it mayyyy have been closer to the second option, though it was more of a “sleeeeeeep now” hold on the power button until the pc turned off, and then a very nice gentle tap to wake it back up

I think you’re probably right about me interrupting something.

What you suggested did get spotify working again so that’s a plus! It doesn’t seem to have it’s taskbar image for whatever reason, but the app did get installed/functional, and it shows as installed if I look for it in yay again.

I tried removing what I could for chrome, but I still get this if I try to install it. Any suggestions?

**`:: 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%`
**`error:`**` failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)`
`google-chrome: /usr/share/applications/com.google.Chrome.desktop exists in filesystem`
`google-chrome: /usr/share/doc/google-chrome-stable/changelog.gz exists in filesystem`
`google-chrome: /usr/share/gnome-control-center/default-apps/google-chrome.xml exists in filesystem`
`google-chrome: /usr/share/licenses/google-chrome-stable/WidevineCdm-LICENSE.txt exists in filesystem`
`google-chrome: /usr/share/man/man1/google-chrome-stable.1.gz exists in filesystem`
`google-chrome: /usr/share/man/man1/google-chrome.1.gz exists in filesystem`
`Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.`
 **`→`** ` error installing: [/home/noodello/.cache/yay/google-chrome/google-chrome-148.0.7778.178-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst] - exit status 1`

[cactux]

@Noodello

/home/noodello/.cache/yay/google-chrome/google-chrome-148.0.7778.178-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

Try this:

sudo pacman -U /home/noodello/.cache/yay/google-chrome/google-chrome-148.0.7778.178-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst --overwrite '*'

[Noodello]

I tried that, and then an install from yay and that seems to have fixed it!

for whatever reason both apps have still have no task bar icon, do you think something like sudo pacman -Syyu might fix that?

Whatever the case, thank you all for helping me sort this out! I certainly think I learned a thing or two lol.

[cactux]

@Noodello

for whatever reason both apps have still have no task bar icon, do you think something like sudo pacman -Syyu might fix that?

I shouldn’t think so. Reboot and see. Or unpin them, reboot and pin them back or something along these lines.

[Noodello]

Yup a restart did it, go figure.

I think that’s everything fixed now so, thanks again for the help. I really appreciate it!

[cactux]

@Noodello

a restart did it, go figure

That’s the first thing they would ask you at any support desk: “have you already tried to restart your system?”

It’s the snake oil for all computer malaise.

[Bink]

@Noodello

lol it mayyyy have been closer to the second option, though it was more of a “sleeeeeeep now” hold on the power button until the pc turned off, and then a very nice gentle tap to wake it back up

Ok, well I suspect you’re familiar with the effects of an un-graceful shutdown now

Graceful shutdown GOOD

Sleeper-hold shutdown BAD