Re: conflict in profile: same package appears twice

[Simon Tournier]

Hi,

On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 at 16:05, Andy Tai <atai@atai.org> wrote:
> atai@localhost /share/software/guix/guix.git$ guix install dconf
> The following package will be upgraded:
>    dconf (dependencies or package changed)
>
> guix install: error: profile contains conflicting entries for dconf
> guix install: error:   first entry: dconf@0.40.0
> /gnu/store/fl75cafmzy5zb3gn9f35mgq6gfrjl2wy-dconf-0.40.0
> guix install: error:   second entry: dconf@0.40.0
> /gnu/store/57rrnqnl8n55wsg7wwz7znpxnyfd4zba-dconf-0.40.0
> hint: You cannot have two different versions or variants of `dconf' in
> the same profile.

This means probably that you have another package that propagates dconf.

> Not sure how the same package, the same version, appears twice.  In
> any case, any simple way to fix this?

You can try to also update some other packages of this profile.

>From my point of view, the best way to avoid this kind of issue is to
avoid an imperative management and do a declarative management using
manifest files.

<https://guix.gnu.org/cookbook/en/guix-cookbook.html#Guix-Profiles-in-Practice>

Cheers,
simon