Re: libxft-dev problem

["Felix C. Stegerman" <quix@free.fr>]

Hervé Piedvache wrote:
> Have you find any solution ... ? same trouble here ... :o(
>
> Thanks !
>
> Le vendredi 12 Mars 2004 17:24, quirin a écrit :
>
> > during apt-get upgrade i encountered the following problem with
> > libxft2-dev. (i use sid)
<snip>
> > (Reading database ... 191853 files and directories currently installed.)
> > Preparing to replace libxft-dev 2.1.2-5
> > (using .../libxft-dev_2.1.2-6_i386.deb) ...
> > diversion of /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h
> > to /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft1.h by libxft-dev
> > Removing `diversion of /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h
> > to /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft1.h by libxft-dev'
> > dpkg-divert: rename involves overwriting `/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h'
> > with
> >  different file `/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft1.h', not allowed
> > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libxft-dev_2.1.2-6_i386.deb
> > (--unpack):
> > subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/libxft-dev_2.1.2-6_i386.deb
> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> >
> > so far i wasn't able to fix this problem on my computer. does anyone have
> > an idea how to deal with that?

I managed to get it installed properly by doing this:
# dpkg --ignore-depends=libxft-dev -r libxft-dev
# apt-get install -f

Regards,


Felix

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