On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Anatol Pomozov <anatol.pomozov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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/ Or reinstall Arch using the latest iso. It might be faster and easier.
