On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 4:29 PM, <Nezmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 03:16:02PM +0100, David Houston wrote: >> error: replacing packages with -U is not supported yet >> error: you can replace packages manually using -Rd and -U >> error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies) >> :: nvidia-utils-beta: conflicts with nvidia-utils > It means "nvidia-utils-beta" conflicts and should replace > "nvidia-utils". If the beta package was in a repo , pacman would have > prompted you to replace the package. > > This smooth replacement procedure is not supported with "pacman -U". So > as a workaround , You uninstall the conflicting package without > dependency checking and then "pacman -U" the new package . > Just FYI, this limitation of pacman is gone in 3.4 (thanks Nagy!).
