Re: install problem: libc6_2.3.2.ds1-21

["Karl Hoppel" <karl.hoppel@nrl.navy.mil>]

Goswin, thanks for the advice.  However, I am not smart enough to 
understand what it means.  The apt-get program will not let me do
anything without resolving the dependency problem that arose because
libc6 was not corretly installed.

Here is what I tried:

% apt-get --reinstall install base-files=3.1.2
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libc6-dev: Depends: libc6 (= 2.3.2.ds1-21) but 2.3.2.ds1-18 is to be installed
  locales: Depends: glibc-2.3.2.ds1-21
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

Goswin von brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de said:
> Update base-files to the current version. You might have to force it with
> --reinstall base-files=3.1.2. 

Original message:
> I get the following error trying to upgrade libc6 using sid.
> Any suggestions or help is appreciated?
>
> Preparing to replace libc6 2.3.2.ds1-18 (using .../libc6_2.3.2.ds1-21_amd64.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement libc6 ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.2.ds1-21_amd64.deb (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite `/usr/lib64', which is also in package base-files
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.2.ds1-21_amd64.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>