# VLC installation error

**URL:** <https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/vlc-installation-error/10861>\
**Category:** Newbie\
**Created:** [December 31, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/vlc-installation-error/10861 "2020-12-31T14:15:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![keybreak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/keybreak/32/9257_2.png) [@keybreak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/keybreak)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/vlc-installation-error/10861/4 "2020-12-31T14:26:43Z")

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Welcome! 🥳

> [@lily](#):
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> Can you please explain the issue ?

> [@\[FAQ\] Package installation says FILENAME exists in filesystem; “Failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)”](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/faq-package-installation-says-filename-exists-in-filesystem-failed-to-commit-transaction-conflicting-files/6753):
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> 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 desi…

here you go 😉

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