Can't update or install ferdi

[Brijesh8291]

I was trying to update ferdi but it says:
electron13-bin: /usr/bin/electron13 already exists in filesystem (owned by electron)`

==> Finished making: electron13-bin 13.3.0-1 (Tuesday 07 September 2021 04:44:27 PM)
==> Cleaning up...
 -> electron13 not satisfied, flushing install queue
loading packages...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (1) electron13-bin-13.3.0-1

Total Installed Size:  187.52 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
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(1/1) loading package files                                       [####################################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                                 [####################################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
electron13-bin: /usr/bin/electron13 exists in filesystem (owned by electron)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

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[Wollie]

Here is a nice tutorial:

Update or package installation returns “Failed to commit transaction (conflicting files); FILENAME exists in filesystem”

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 des…

[Mirdarthos]

Hi @Brijesh8291,

I use Ferdi myself, and it works fine. Although I’d recommend the -manjaro version, as it’s…well, Manjaro’s. It’s in the repositories:

[...]
ferdi-manjaro                                                                                                                                                                  [Installed] 5.6.1.nightly.2.r13.gbab27ed6-1
A messaging browser that allows you to combine your favorite messaging services into one application (always current GIT-Version)
[...]

So I’d recommend installing that:

pamac install ferdi-manjaro

Mine works like an absolute charm, and I use it daily.

[Yochanan]

@Brijesh8291

electron13-bin: /usr/bin/electron13 exists in filesystem (owned by electron)

In the Arch stable and Manjaro unstable repos, electron is now v14 and there is a new electron13 package. The ferdi AUR package was updated to reflect this. Until these packages are updated in the Manjaro stable repo, I would install ferdi-bin instead.

@Mirdarthos All Ferdi packages have been dropped from the repos as there is no longer a maintainer.