On 06/19/2011 06:12 PM, Heiko Baums wrote:
Am Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:16:36 +0530 schrieb Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805@gmail.com>:
I am having this weird problem. Whenever I run pacman -Syu or pacman -Su it asks me to replace lib32-libgl with lib32-catalyst-utils. [papul@papuldesktop chromium]$ sudo pacman -Su :: Starting full system upgrade... :: Replace lib32-libgl with catalyst/lib32-catalyst-utils? [Y/n] y resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... :: catalyst-utils and libgl are in conflict. Remove libgl? [y/N] y error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: ati-dri: requires libgl=7.10.3
However I don't want lib32-catalyst. What do I have to do to make this disappear? To answer this question seriously...
Do you want to use the open source driver xf86-video-ati or the closed source driver catalyst?
Do you have 32 bit software installed on your x86_64 system? I guess yes, considering that you have lib32-libgl installed.
Regarding the first question: You can't have installed both xf86-video-ati and catalyst at the same time.
If you're using xf86-video-ati you need libgl and lib32-libgl for 32 bit software. Then you need to uninstall catalyst-utils and lib32-catalyst-utils.
If you're using catalyst then you need to uninstall libgl and lib32-libgl and to install catalyst-utils and lib32-catalyst-utils, because catalyst-utils provides libgl.
So you most likely are asked for replacing lib32-libgl with lib32-catalyst-utils, because you're using catalyst. So you definitely need to say yes to this question.
Only say no to it if you want to use xf86-video-ati. But then I would suggest to uninstall every video driver and related package (xf86-video-ati, libgl, ati-dri, mesa, lib32-libgl, catalyst, catalyst-utils and lib32-catalyst-utils) and to freshly install the video driver of your choice (either xf86-video-ati or catalyst).
Heiko
OK, I am answering your question in this way: I want to keep using the opensource ati drivers. Also I want to use lib32-libgl for all the 32-bit packages. So as you told me I tried to uninstall catalyst-utils and lib32-catalyst-utils. But I can't uninstall these as they aren't installed. So why the hell am I asked to replace lib32-libgl with lib32-catalyst-utils everytime I upgrade? It is some sort of a bug? What is causing this problem?