hi, i’ve been using EOS for the last 4 months and never had a problem, now i can’t update because of hwids. [image] as you can see, i can’t do the default answer. so, i tried to not replace it, however [image] this happened, how do i update my system? help please

lact-git now has hwdata listed as a dependency instead of hwids, so try updating lact-git first: yay -S lact-git

Please follow the instructions in the forum post below: [image] [FAQ] Package installation says FILENAME exists in filesystem; “Failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)” Newbie I can’t install or update a package because I get (something like) this: e…

Please use the </> option when posting. It’s really hard to read a screen shot and it’s even tougher for someone to help you or for someone else who may have the same use to search for it once this is answered. It’s owned by hwids. . . I just looked at both repos and aur and I don’t see that packa…

Welcome to the forum @CAVIEZEL :partying_face: :tada: :balloon: :enos_flag: Since lact-git is in the aur, I would uninstal lact-git do the update then reinstall lact-git.

[image] kjw: Since lact-git is in the aur, I would uninstal lact-git do the update then reinstall lact-git. :point_up: This is probably what you need to do. Your AUR package is built against the old package. [image] anon63071375: It’s owned by hwids. . . I just looked at both repos and…

@Stagger_Lee mentioned that a few posts ago already. I don’t know if it was replaced and removed, or just replaced in whatever package it was a dependency in. I just wanted to make sure removing it wouldn’t break some other random thing they installed along the way also.

[image] anon63071375: I don’t know if it was replaced and removed, or just replaced in whatever package it was a dependency in. Replacing a dependency won’t cause that message. That only happens when package A is a replacement for package B. When that happens, repo packages will get their d…

While I don’t disagree with anything you said, I didn’t want to advise them to remove the package to install the next to find out some obscure AUR package they do need requires it and hasn’t updated their dependencies. . . That’s all.

[image] dalto: The only ways I know of to fix that problem are to temporarily remove the AUR package or tell pacman to ignore the dependencies. I think there still is the default way: When yay/paru/trizen asks if you want to edit PKGBUILD, answer yes and edit it to change the dependency pac…

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pebcak January 13, 2022, 12:08pm 4

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