Hi On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 4:43 AM, Phil Dobbin <bukowskiscat@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, all. > > I'm a newcomer to Arch Linux so excuse my ignorance. > > I attempted to update yesterday (pacman -Syu) & I got this message at the > end of the update: > > '(121/121) checking for file conflicts > [#################################################] 100% > error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) > filesystem: /bin exists in filesystem > filesystem: /sbin exists in filesystem > filesystem: /usr/sbin exists in filesystem > Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.' > > Can anybody tell me what it means & how to go about fixing it (I've got Arch > running on a VPS). > > Many thanks, > > Cheers, > > Phil... Follow these instructions https://www.archlinux.org/news/binaries-move-to-usrbin-requiring-update-intervention/