Installation fails from Gnome Live USB

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Hello,

I am using Manjaro for two years now.
It is already second time that bootloader is damaged during an update. I thought to come back to Gnome (last time I thought to try Plasma) and install all the system again. I have a separated partition for home. It worked once but I forgot to mount the partition as home so I did it once more and all troubles began from there. It install all normally and at the end there is an error message.
Can you help me to understand what went wrong ?

Thank you so much !

<div><strong>&lt;class 'FileExistsError'&gt;</strong></div><div>[Errno 17] File exists: '/usr/share/themes/Firefox-Gnome-Maia/chrome/' -&gt; '/tmp/calamares-root-u6jjhk9a/root/.mozilla/firefox/87syjf8o.default-release/chrome/firefox-gnome-theme'</div><div><br/>Traceback:</div><div><pre>File &quot;/usr/lib/calamares/modules/postcfg/main.py&quot;, line 159, in run
    return config.run()

  File &quot;/usr/lib/calamares/modules/postcfg/main.py&quot;, line 115, in run
    self.copy_folder('etc/skel', 'root')

  File &quot;/usr/lib/calamares/modules/postcfg/main.py&quot;, line 71, in copy_folder
    copy_tree(&quot;/&quot; + source, join(self.root, target), preserve_symlinks=1)

  File &quot;/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dir_util.py&quot;, line 157, in copy_tree
    copy_tree(src_name, dst_name, preserve_mode,

  File &quot;/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dir_util.py&quot;, line 157, in copy_tree
    copy_tree(src_name, dst_name, preserve_mode,

  File &quot;/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dir_util.py&quot;, line 157, in copy_tree
    copy_tree(src_name, dst_name, preserve_mode,

  [Previous line repeated 1 more time]

  File &quot;/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dir_util.py&quot;, line 152, in copy_tree
    os.symlink(link_dest, dst_name)</pre></div>
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Please provide more information for us so we can find out what’s fails.
Follow instructions from tutorial: [HowTo] Provide System Information

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Thank you, here are the informations :

:
  Kernel: 5.15.60-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.1
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
    misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_GNOME_2137 quiet
    systemd.show_status=1 driver=nonfree nouveau.modeset=0 i915.modeset=1
    radeon.modeset=1
  Desktop: GNOME v: 42.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.34 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM v: 42.0
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 14-dk0xxx v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: HP model: 85E0 v: 84.42 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI
    v: F.42 date: 07/03/2019
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 24.5 Wh (66.9%) condition: 36.6/36.6 Wh (100.0%)
    volts: 12.7 min: 11.3 model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion
    serial: <filter> status: charging
Memory:
  RAM: total: 5.71 GiB used: 2.88 GiB (50.5%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges
    required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Athlon 300U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx bits: 64
    type: MT MCP arch: Zen/Zen+ note: check gen: 1 built: 2019 process: GF 12nm
    family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x18 (24) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x8108102
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 192 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x64 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 2x512 KiB
    L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1371 high: 1447 min/max: 1400/2400 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1371 2: 1447
    3: 1430 4: 1236 bogomips: 19170
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
    bmi2 bpext clflush clflushopt clzero cmov cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb
    cpuid cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c
    flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb irperf
    lahf_lm lbrv lm mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr
    mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat
    pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb
    pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good
    sep sev sev_es sha_ni skinit smap smca sme smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1
    sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale
    v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec
    xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
    disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Picasso/Raven 2 [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series]
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega
    process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15d8
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Cheng Uei Precision Industry (Foxlink) HP TrueVision HD Camera
    type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 05c8:03d2 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.3
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x0828 built: 2018 res: 1920x1080
    dpi: 158 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x174mm (12.17x6.85") diag: 355mm (14")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  OpenGL: renderer: AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics (raven2 LLVM 14.0.6 DRM 3.42
    5.15.60-1-MANJARO) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.1.6 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:15de class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: snd_pci_acp3x v: kernel alternate: snd_rn_pci_acp3x,snd_pci_acp5x
    pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2
    class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 03:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.60-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.56 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8723DE 802.11b/g/n PCIe Adapter
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtw_8723de v: N/A modules: rtw88_8723de
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:d723 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth 4.2 Adapter type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 1-5:4 chip-ID: 0bda:b009 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 935.22 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM035-1RK172
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: RTM2 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Kingston model: DT 101 G2
    size: 3.71 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
    serial: <filter> rev: PMAP scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 334 MiB fs: vfat label: BOOT
    uuid: 8EBB-93E0
  ID-2: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 93.08 GiB fs: ext4 label: ST
    uuid: 5990ea71-ccd1-4035-999d-6922da542cb1
  ID-3: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 size: 483 MiB fs: ntfs label: Windows RE
    tools uuid: 9A8E7C598E7C2FBD
  ID-4: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 size: 133.91 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
    uuid: 9f6aad38-ea70-44a2-8019-ef921290af52
  ID-5: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6 size: 6.05 GiB fs: swap label: N/A
    uuid: b4b98282-a562-4781-a76d-3899660412ca
  ID-6: /dev/sda7 maj-min: 8:7 size: 697.68 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
    uuid: ccb6c1b0-a15f-454b-952e-26101c980976
  ID-7: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 3.33 GiB fs: iso9660
  ID-8: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 4 MiB fs: vfat label: MISO_EFI
    uuid: CA66-9EA7
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-2:2 info: Kingston DT101 G2 type: Mass Storage
    driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 200mA
    chip-ID: 0951:1642 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 1-4:3 info: Cheng Uei Precision Industry (Foxlink) HP TrueVision
    HD Camera type: Video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 05c8:03d2 class-ID: 0e02
  Device-3: 1-5:4 info: Realtek Bluetooth 4.2 Adapter type: Bluetooth
    driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 0bda:b009 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 51.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 239 Uptime: 17m wakeups: 1 Init: systemd v: 251
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.1.1 clang: 14.0.6
  Packages: pacman: 1278 lib: 308 flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9
  running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.20
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After small analysis, I’ve found out that root’s home has file that should be linked in install phase. So, file exists, but script tires to link new file and it fals. Probably you can format your system partition. Or try another iso version if you can.

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Thank you erasing the system table and formating back solved the problem.

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