Package installation error

It seems my system no longer recognizes an installed application, I was wondering how to remove the packages if pacman doesn’t see the package(s).

When typing the command:

protonvpn c -f

It attempts to work like normal, however, when running sudo pacman -Qs protonvpn no results come up. When installing the AUR package, I get the following error:

[mike@LinuxX ~]$ yay protonvpn
5 aur/protonvpn-cli-ng-git 2.2.3.r2.gdd0aab7-1 (+0 0.00) 
    A Linux CLI for ProtonVPN.
4 aur/protonvpn-applet 0.1.5-1 (+3 0.10) 
    Unofficial basic systray applet for protonvpn-cli written in python + PyQt5
3 aur/protonvpn-linux-gui 2.1.1-1 (+6 0.87) 
    ProtonVPN Linux application
2 aur/openvpn-protonvpn 20200207-1 (+10 0.48) (Orphaned) 
    OpenVPN configuration files and helper for protonvpn.com
1 aur/protonvpn-cli-ng 2.2.4-1 (+37 2.73) 
    A Linux CLI for ProtonVPN.
==> Packages to install (eg: 1 2 3, 1-3 or ^4)
==> 1  
:: Checking for conflicts...
:: Checking for inner conflicts...
[Repo:4]  python-pythondialog-3.5.1-1  python-docopt-0.6.2-7  python-markupsafe-1.1.1-4  python-jinja-2.11.2-1
[Aur:1]  protonvpn-cli-ng-2.2.4-1

  1 protonvpn-cli-ng                 (Build Files Exist)
==> Packages to cleanBuild?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==> N
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (1/1): protonvpn-cli-ng
  1 protonvpn-cli-ng                 (Build Files Exist)
==> Diffs to show?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==> N
:: (1/1) Parsing SRCINFO: protonvpn-cli-ng
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (4) python-docopt-0.6.2-7  python-jinja-2.11.2-1  python-markupsafe-1.1.1-4  python-pythondialog-3.5.1-1

Total Installed Size:  2.19 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] Y
(4/4) checking keys in keyring                                                                 [-------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(4/4) checking package integrity                                                               [-------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(4/4) loading package files                                                                    [-------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(4/4) checking for file conflicts                                                              [-------------------------------------------------------] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
python-pythondialog: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/__pycache__/dialog.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-pythondialog: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/dialog.py exists in filesystem
python-docopt: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/__pycache__/docopt.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-docopt: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/docopt-0.6.2-py3.8.egg-info/PKG-INFO exists in filesystem
python-docopt: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/docopt-0.6.2-py3.8.egg-info/SOURCES.txt exists in filesystem
python-docopt: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/docopt-0.6.2-py3.8.egg-info/dependency_links.txt exists in filesystem
python-docopt: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/docopt-0.6.2-py3.8.egg-info/top_level.txt exists in filesystem
python-docopt: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/docopt.py exists in filesystem
python-markupsafe: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/markupsafe/__init__.py exists in filesystem
python-markupsafe: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/markupsafe/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-markupsafe: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/markupsafe/__pycache__/_compat.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-markupsafe: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/markupsafe/__pycache__/_constants.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-markupsafe: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/markupsafe/__pycache__/_native.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-markupsafe: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/markupsafe/_compat.py exists in filesystem
python-markupsafe: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/markupsafe/_constants.py exists in filesystem
python-markupsafe: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/markupsafe/_native.py exists in filesystem
python-markupsafe: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/markupsafe/_speedups.c exists in filesystem
python-markupsafe: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/markupsafe/_speedups.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__init__.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/_compat.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/_identifier.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/asyncfilters.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/asyncsupport.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/bccache.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/compiler.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/constants.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/debug.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/defaults.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/environment.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/exceptions.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/ext.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/filters.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/idtracking.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/lexer.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/loaders.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/meta.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/nativetypes.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/nodes.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/optimizer.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/parser.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/runtime.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/sandbox.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/tests.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/utils.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/__pycache__/visitor.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/_compat.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/_identifier.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/asyncfilters.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/asyncsupport.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/bccache.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/compiler.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/constants.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/debug.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/defaults.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/environment.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/exceptions.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/ext.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/filters.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/idtracking.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/lexer.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/loaders.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/meta.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/nativetypes.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/nodes.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/optimizer.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/parser.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/runtime.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/sandbox.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/tests.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/utils.py exists in filesystem
python-jinja: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/jinja2/visitor.py exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
error installing repo packages

How do I resolve this?

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Thanks for the help! I ended up just moving the conflicting directories and files to a backup folder. This solved my issue.

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Did you install it via pip , then you had to uninstall using pip

sudo pip uninstall protonvpn-cli

or

sudo pip3 uninstall protonvpn-cli

after purging configuration

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