Pacman -Syyu failing after updating

[Jocomol]

Hello, I’ve recently updated to kernel 5.14 and deleted 5.13 from my system, since then I get the error message I added below. I would try out with an other kernel version but when I try to install one it tells me to update the system first which I am not able to do. How can I fix this and what might have caused this so I can prevent this from happening the next time a new kernel version is being published.

Also from now on I will always have a backup kernel installed.

╭─joco@brenodor ~ 
╰─$ sudo pacman -Syyu                                                                                                     1 ↵
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core                                           169.6 KiB   206 KiB/s 00:01 [###########################################] 100%
 extra                                         1893.1 KiB   353 KiB/s 00:05 [###########################################] 100%
 community                                        6.6 MiB   589 KiB/s 00:11 [###########################################] 100%
 multilib                                       174.6 KiB   118 KiB/s 00:01 [###########################################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
warning: mimic: local (1.3.0.1-2) is newer than community (1.2.0.2-1)
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (73) aom-3.1.2-2  archlinux-appstream-data-20210902-1  avahi-0.8+22+gfd482a7-1  babl-0.1.88-1  bluez-5.61-1
              bluez-libs-5.61-1  bubblewrap-0.5.0-1  ca-certificates-mozilla-3.69.1-1  ceph-libs-15.2.14-1  cpupower-5.14-1
              cups-filters-1.28.10-1  faudio-21.09-1  foomatic-db-3:20210828-1  freetype2-2.11.0-3  geoip-database-20210824-1
              glib-networking-1:2.68.2-1  glslang-11.6.0-1  gpm-1.20.7.r38.ge82d1a6-4  graphviz-2.49.0-1
              imagemagick-7.1.0.5-1  iproute2-5.14.0-1  iso-codes-4.7.0-1  kaccounts-integration-21.08.1-1
              kdenlive-21.08.1-1  lib32-brotli-1.0.9-1  lib32-freetype2-2.11.0-3  lib32-libgcrypt-1.9.4-1  lib32-nss-3.69.1-1
              lib32-openssl-1:1.1.1.l-1  lib32-sdl2-2.0.16-1  libgcrypt-1.9.4-1  libplacebo-3.120.3-3
              libreoffice-fresh-7.2.0-2  libssh-0.9.6-1  libwacom-1.12-1  libx86emu-3.2-1  linux510-5.10.61-1
              linux514-5.14.0-0  linux514-acpi_call-1.1.0-1  man-pages-5.13-1  manjaro-release-21.1.2-1
              mobile-broadband-provider-info-20210805-1  monero-0.17.2.3-1  monero-gui-0.17.2.3-1  nodejs-16.8.0-1
              noto-fonts-cjk-20201206-3  npm-7.21.1-1  nss-3.69.1-1  papirus-icon-theme-20210901-1  poppler-21.09.0-1
              poppler-glib-21.09.0-1  poppler-qt5-21.09.0-1  python-cairo-1.20.1-1  python-cryptography-3.4.8-1
              python-docker-5.0.2-1  python-importlib-metadata-4.8.1-1  python-twisted-21.7.0-1
              python-typing_extensions-3.10.0.2-1  qt5-declarative-5.15.2+kde+r30-1  qt5-quickcontrols2-5.15.2+kde+r8-1
              re2-1:20210901-1  rofi-1.7.0-1  run-parts-5.4-1  runc-1.0.2-2  shaderc-2021.1-2  signal-desktop-5.15.0-1
              signon-kwallet-extension-21.08.1-1  tzdata-2021a-2  upower-0.99.13-1  vulkan-headers-1:1.2.188-1
              vulkan-icd-loader-1.2.188-1  wine-6.16-1  xorg-xrdb-1.2.1-1

Total Installed Size:  2332.13 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:         2.05 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(73/73) checking keys in keyring                                            [###########################################] 100%
(73/73) checking package integrity                                          [###########################################] 100%
(73/73) loading package files                                               [###########################################] 100%
(73/73) checking for file conflicts                                         [###########################################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
python-typing_extensions: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/__pycache__/typing_extensions.cpython-39.pyc exists in filesystem
python-typing_extensions: /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/typing_extensions.py exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

[Yochanan]

See:

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 desig…

FYI:

Passing two –refresh or -y flags will force a refresh of all package databases, even if they appear to be up-to-date.

See man pacman (online version)

That’s like saying,

You: “Hey, are my databases up to date?”
Pacman: “Yes.”
You: “Screw you, update them anyway.”

However, if you just issued a pacman-mirrors command to update your mirrors, -Syyu is fine.

[papajoke]

repeat : not install python module with sudo pip (is installed in system) - prefer packages python-***** if we want this module in system

[Jocomol]

Thank you for the explanation of the pacman command, I see I really have inform myself better about this.

I was able to fix it by deleting the two files which where mentioned.