Libfluidsynth_plugin.so exists in filesystem

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Hello all,

For the first time error, it has failed to install packages, because of this error:

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error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
vlc: /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libfluidsynth_plugin.so exists in filesystem (owned by vlc-plugin-fluidsynth-bin)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Please, what is the correct sequence of operations? Should FluidSynth be uninstalled first?

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Solved this myself. Start pamac-tray, find vlc-plugin-fluidsynth-bin, and remove it. Then you can run pacman -Syu.

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Neither pamac nor the ‘tray’ are required.

Probably was a good idea at many points, as this is not only an unsupported package (not in the repos) … its an old ghost … it doesnt exist even in the AUR.

sudo pacman -Rns vlc-plugin-fluidsynth-bin

In the future … try to stay on top of your packages … especially if they are third party. Even if they dont need to be removed, they may need to be rebuilt, etc. And as they are third-party … its all your responsibility. :wink:

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