For some reason, vim will only load one external colour file, the rest it does nothing for. So, I tried to upgrade, but when I try to, I get this: arrakis^samtal# pacman -S vim resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... Targets (1): vim-7.2.245-1 Total Download Size: 0.00 MB Total Installed Size: 30.39 MB Proceed with installation? [Y/n] checking package integrity... (1/1) checking for file conflicts [##################################################################] 100% error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) vim: /usr/bin/xxd exists in filesystem vim: /usr/share/licenses/vim/license.txt exists in filesystem Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. (I have just synced my package repositories.) Here's the output of vim --version: arrakis^samtal# vim --version VIM - Vi IMproved 7.2 (2008 Aug 9, compiled Dec 8 2008 05:09:35) Included patches: 1-65 Compiled by ArchLinux Big version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-): +arabic +autocmd -balloon_eval -browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent +clientserver +clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments +cryptv +cscope +cursorshape +dialog_con +diff +digraphs -dnd -ebcdic +emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search +farsi +file_in_path +find_in_path +float +folding -footer +fork() +gettext -hangul_input +iconv +insert_expand +jumplist +keymap +langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +listcmds +localmap +menu +mksession +modify_fname +mouse -mouseshape +mouse_dec +mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm +mouse_netterm -mouse_sysmouse +mouse_xterm +multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme -netbeans_intg -osfiletype +path_extra +perl +postscript +printer -profile +python +quickfix +reltime +rightleft +ruby +scrollbind +signs +smartindent -sniff +statusline -sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary +tag_old_static -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse +textobjects +title -toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual +visualextra +viminfo +vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup +X11 +xfontset -xim +xsmp_interact +xterm_clipboard -xterm_save system vimrc file: "/etc/vimrc" user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc" user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc" fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim" Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/CORE -I/usr/include/python2.6 -pthread -I/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/x86_64-linux Linking: gcc -L. -rdynamic -Wl,-export-dynamic -Wl,-E -L/usr/local/lib -o vim -lXt -lncurses -lacl -lgpm -Wl,-E -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/CORE -lperl -lutil -lc -L/usr/lib/python2.6/config -lpython2.6 -lutil -Xlinker -export-dynamic -Wl,-R -Wl,/usr/lib -L/usr/lib -lruby -lm -- Samuel Baldwin - logik.li