I got a conflicting files error message from pacman

Question

failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) /usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tests/init.py exists in both 'python-lsassy' and 'python-dsinternals' /usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tests/pycache/init.cpython-311.opt-1.pyc exists in both 'python-lsassy' and 'python-dsinternals' /usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tests/pycache/init.cpython-311.pyc exists in both 'python-lsassy' and 'python-dsinternals' Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

I just installed a fresh version of blackarch linux to see what its all about, but when I did pacman -Syu this happened. I have tried deleting the conflicting files but i think I am missing something because the same exact error happens. This is my first time trying arch as i am used to ubuntu and debian. Can anyone help?

I tried pacman -Qo /usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tests/init.py it told me that it does not belong to any package then I tried rm -rf /usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tests/init.py and reran but it had the exact same error.

Answer 1

I had the same problem, not being able to install a package because that package had a lost dependency, it was not owned by anything. When I looked up python-pygments and saw how many other programs depend/use it, I didn't want it gone ether. For me, the solution was to overwrite and repair python-pigments, getting rid of pygmentize's ownerless problem Error found /usr/bin/pygmentize. This fixed it for me.

<sudo pacman -S python-pygments --overwrite /usr/bin/pygmentize>

Fill in the application and path to fit your needs.

I hope that helps someone!

Answer 2

Well I figured it out. You dont remove the files with rm -rf you use pacman -R oops.