[arch-general] unable to update system, pacman acting up (again!)

[Christoph Vigano]

On 04/11/2012 06:49 PM, Madhurya Kakati wrote:
> Hi,
> I am unable to update my system. I guess this problem has occurred to me before
> but unfortunately I forgot how to get around it.
> 
> [papul at archlinux ~]$ sudo pacman -Su
> Password: 
> :: The following packages should be upgraded first :
> pacman
> :: Do you want to cancel the current operation
> :: and upgrade these packages now? [Y/n] y
> 
> resolving dependencies...
> looking for inter-conflicts...
> :: gcc-libs and gcc-libs-multilib are in conflict. Remove
> gcc-libs-multilib? [y/N] y
> error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
> :: gcc-multilib: requires gcc-libs-multilib=4.7.0-3
> 

I resolved this with pacman -S pacman first and -Syu after that.
Worked flawlessly (that was the solution the last time).

Christoph

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