dist-upgrade: "trying to overwrite" errors
i'm going from potato to woody and aside from having to
apt-get install apt-utils
by hand, i'm getting things like this, a lot:
<snip>
Preparing to replace eeyes 1:0.3.11-5 (using .../eeyes_1%3a0.3.12-4_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement eeyes ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/eeyes_1%3a0.3.12-4_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-ee.png', which is also in package gnome-panel-data
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
<snip>
Preparing to replace kdebase 4:2.1.1.0-0.potato3 (using .../kdebase_4%3a2.2.2-14_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement kdebase ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/kdebase_4%3a2.2.2-14_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/kfm.png', which is also in package konqueror
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
<snip>
which results in
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/eeyes_1%3a0.3.12-4_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/kdebase_4%3a2.2.2-14_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
what's the incantation to make this go away?
--
I use Debian/GNU Linux version 2.2;
Linux server 2.2.17 #1 Sun Jun 25 09:24:41 EST 2000 i586 unknown
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #83 from Kieren Diment <kieren@mailandnews.com>
:
GOT GIBBERISH? And wondering what to do next, to clear the
mess? Clear your command-line buffer with control-C (in case
you'd entered something that might be harmful), and then enter
reset
which is a symlink to /usr/bin/tset which is a portion of
"ncurses-bin" package. ("apt-get install ncurses-bin")
Also see "man tset" for more info.
=USM Bish <bish@nde.vsnl.net.in>
Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...
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