Can't install lutris

[sh0tz@sh0tzPC ~]$ pacman -Ss lutris
community/lutris 0.5.8.4-1
    Open Gaming Platform
[sh0tz@sh0tzPC ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu lutris
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
 multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (4) cabextract-1.9.1-2  python-evdev-1.4.0-1  python-lxml-4.6.3-1  lutris-0.5.8.4-1

Total Installed Size:  7,65 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(4/4) checking keys in keyring                                                                                     [####################################################################] 100%
(4/4) checking package integrity                                                                                   [####################################################################] 100%
(4/4) loading package files                                                                                        [####################################################################] 100%
(4/4) checking for file conflicts                                                                                  [####################################################################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev-1.4.0-py3.9.egg-info exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/__init__.py exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/__pycache__/device.cpython-39.pyc exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/__pycache__/ecodes.cpython-39.pyc exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/__pycache__/eventio.cpython-39.pyc exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/__pycache__/eventio_async.cpython-39.pyc exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/__pycache__/events.cpython-39.pyc exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/__pycache__/evtest.cpython-39.pyc exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/__pycache__/ff.cpython-39.pyc exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/__pycache__/genecodes.cpython-39.pyc exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/__pycache__/uinput.cpython-39.pyc exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/__pycache__/util.cpython-39.pyc exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/_ecodes.cpython-39-x86_64-linux-gnu.so exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/_input.cpython-39-x86_64-linux-gnu.so exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/_uinput.cpython-39-x86_64-linux-gnu.so exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/device.py exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/ecodes.py exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/eventio.py exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/eventio_async.py exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/events.py exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/evtest.py exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/ff.py exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/genecodes.py exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/uinput.py exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev/util.py exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

sudo pacman -Syyu lutris --overwrite "*"

This fixed some of it, but I’m still getting this error:

[sh0tz@sh0tzPC ~]$ sudo pacman -Syyu lutris --overwrite "*"
[sudo] password for sh0tz: 
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core                                                                                  170,8 KiB  1088 KiB/s 00:00 [####################################################################] 100%
 extra                                                                                1924,7 KiB  3,86 MiB/s 00:00 [####################################################################] 100%
 community                                                                               6,6 MiB  4,01 MiB/s 00:02 [####################################################################] 100%
 multilib                                                                              178,9 KiB  2,91 MiB/s 00:00 [####################################################################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (4) cabextract-1.9.1-2  python-evdev-1.4.0-1  python-lxml-4.6.3-1  lutris-0.5.8.4-1

Total Installed Size:  7,65 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(4/4) checking keys in keyring                                                                                     [####################################################################] 100%
(4/4) checking package integrity                                                                                   [####################################################################] 100%
(4/4) loading package files                                                                                        [####################################################################] 100%
(4/4) checking for file conflicts                                                                                  [####################################################################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/evdev-1.4.0-py3.9.egg-info exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Maybe has to be
sudo pacman -Syyu lutris --overwrite '*'
can’t remember … If just one file is conflicting, remove that file

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Yeah, thanks. I just removed the conflicting directory manually using rm -rf path and it installed normally. tysm

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