[Solved] Error during update

[samar.ved]

Hi all,

Getting the following error during update. Tried both sudo pacman -Su and yay

> :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
(318/318) checking keys in keyring                 [----------------------] 100%
(318/318) checking package integrity               [----------------------] 100%
(318/318) loading package files                    [----------------------] 100%
(318/318) checking for file conflicts              [----------------------] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
python-cairo: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/cairo/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

[Stagger_Lee]

See here:

[FAQ] Package installation says FILENAME exists in filesystem; “Failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)”

I can’t install or update a package because I get (something like) this: error: could not prepare transaction error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) libname: /insert/file/name/here exists in filesystem Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. Why is this happening? The package manager, pacman , has detected an unexpected file already exists on disk. By design it will not overwrite files that already exist. This is a design feature, not a flaw - package managers are de…

[samar.ved]

Worked for me. Many thanks.