[SOLVED] system-config-printer won't update or install

After unsucessful update, i uninstalled system-config-printer and tried to reinstall but i get this message:
sudo pacman -S system-config-printer
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
Packages (4): python2-gobject-3.12.1-1 python2-pycups-1.9.66-2
python2-pycurl-7.19.3.1-2 system-config-printer-1.4.4-1
Total Installed Size: 8.99 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(4/4) checking keys in keyring [######################] 100%
(4/4) checking package integrity [######################] 100%
(4/4) loading package files [######################] 100%
(4/4) checking for file conflicts [######################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
system-config-printer: /usr/share/system-config-printer/debug.pyc exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
Is there something wrong on my system, or this is a packaging error that will be fixed quickly?
Last edited by max kaspar (2014-04-18 23:11:52)

max kaspar, please edit your post - the bright yellow is hard on the eyes.
When posting configs, code or command output, please use [ code ] tags https://bbs.archlinux.org/help.php#bbcode
like this
It makes the code more readable and - in case of longer listings - more convenient to scroll through.
*.pyc files can cause a conflict like that, usually you can remove them, as they don't belong to any package.

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