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Error updating nvidia drivers.

Hello everyone.
Please tell me how to correct this error (attached below).
I installed the nvidia and nvidia-utils packages when I installed the system, but after updating and got this error.
I also wanted to know how to completely uninstall all drivers and reinstall if I get the same error again.
The 
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$ sudo pacman  -Rcc
  command does not completely remove the drivers...

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$ sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 system is up to date
 world is up to date
 galaxy is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Package (22)                    Old Version          New Version  Net Change   Download Size

galaxy/fastfetch                2.46.0-1             2.47.0-1        0.00 MiB       0.48 MiB
world/gst-libav                 1.26.3-1             1.26.3-2        0.00 MiB       0.10 MiB
world/gst-plugin-gtk            1.26.3-1             1.26.3-2        0.00 MiB       0.04 MiB
world/gst-plugins-bad           1.26.3-1             1.26.3-2        0.00 MiB       1.15 MiB
world/gst-plugins-bad-libs      1.26.3-1             1.26.3-2        0.00 MiB       2.93 MiB
world/gst-plugins-base          1.26.3-1             1.26.3-2        0.00 MiB       0.21 MiB
world/gst-plugins-base-libs     1.26.3-1             1.26.3-2        0.00 MiB       2.39 MiB
world/gst-plugins-good          1.26.3-1             1.26.3-2        0.00 MiB       2.28 MiB
world/gst-plugins-ugly          1.26.3-1             1.26.3-2        0.00 MiB       0.18 MiB
world/gstreamer                 1.26.3-1             1.26.3-2       -0.01 MiB       2.04 MiB
world/libjxl                    0.11.1-3             0.11.1-4        1.03 MiB       2.17 MiB
system/linux-firmware           20250508.788aadc8-2  20250627-1   -280.88 MiB              
system/linux-firmware-amdgpu                         20250627-1     25.63 MiB              
system/linux-firmware-atheros                        20250627-1     41.61 MiB              
system/linux-firmware-broadcom                       20250627-1     12.94 MiB              
system/linux-firmware-cirrus                         20250627-1      1.61 MiB              
system/linux-firmware-intel                          20250627-1    108.97 MiB              
system/linux-firmware-mediatek                       20250627-1     22.82 MiB              
system/linux-firmware-nvidia                         20250627-1    103.55 MiB              
system/linux-firmware-other                          20250627-1     25.14 MiB              
system/linux-firmware-radeon                         20250627-1      2.30 MiB              
system/linux-firmware-realtek                        20250627-1      5.42 MiB              

Total Download Size:    13.97 MiB
Total Installed Size:  410.37 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       70.13 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
:: Retrieving packages...
 fastfetch-2.47.0-1-x86_64                         496.5 KiB  88.8 KiB/s 00:06 [--------------------------------------------] 100%
 gst-plugins-base-1.26.3-2-x86_64                  219.1 KiB   124 KiB/s 00:02 [--------------------------------------------] 100%
 gstreamer-1.26.3-2-x86_64                           2.0 MiB   276 KiB/s 00:08 [--------------------------------------------] 100%
 gst-libav-1.26.3-2-x86_64                         100.8 KiB   494 KiB/s 00:00 [--------------------------------------------] 100%
 gst-plugin-gtk-1.26.3-2-x86_64                     37.1 KiB   238 KiB/s 00:00 [--------------------------------------------] 100%
 gst-plugins-ugly-1.26.3-2-x86_64                  183.4 KiB   167 KiB/s 00:01 [--------------------------------------------] 100%
 gst-plugins-bad-1.26.3-2-x86_64                  1175.5 KiB   129 KiB/s 00:09 [--------------------------------------------] 100%
 gst-plugins-good-1.26.3-2-x86_64                    2.3 MiB   256 KiB/s 00:09 [--------------------------------------------] 100%
 libjxl-0.11.1-4-x86_64                              2.2 MiB   235 KiB/s 00:09 [--------------------------------------------] 100%
 gst-plugins-bad-libs-1.26.3-2-x86_64                2.9 MiB   295 KiB/s 00:10 [--------------------------------------------] 100%
 gst-plugins-base-libs-1.26.3-2-x86_64               2.4 MiB   238 KiB/s 00:10 [--------------------------------------------] 100%
 Total (11/11)                                      14.0 MiB  1358 KiB/s 00:11 [--------------------------------------------] 100%
(22/22) checking keys in keyring                                               [--------------------------------------------] 100%
(22/22) checking package integrity                                             [--------------------------------------------] 100%
(22/22) loading package files                                                  [--------------------------------------------] 100%
(22/22) checking for file conflicts                                            [--------------------------------------------] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
linux-firmware-nvidia: /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad103 exists in filesystem
linux-firmware-nvidia: /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad104 exists in filesystem
linux-firmware-nvidia: /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad106 exists in filesystem
linux-firmware-nvidia: /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad107 exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

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$ pacman -Ss nvidia | grep install
world/egl-gbm 1.1.2.1-1 [installed]
world/egl-wayland 4:1.1.19-1 [installed]
world/egl-x11 1.0.2-1 [installed]
world/libvdpau 1.5-3 [installed]
world/libxnvctrl 575.57.08-1 [installed]
world/nvidia 575.57.08-5 [installed]
world/nvidia-settings 575.57.08-1 [installed]
world/nvidia-utils 575.57.08-3 [installed]
world/xf86-video-nouveau 1.0.18-1 (xorg-drivers) [installed]



Re: Error updating nvidia drivers.

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Guys, thank you for your advice.

 These two commands worked:

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$ sudo  pacman -Rdd linux-firmware

$ sudo pacman -Syu linux-firmware