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Re: libc6 update problems



Grahame White wrote:
> I just tried doing an aptitude upgrade but I'm getting the following 
> errors:
> 
> Unpacking replacement libc6 ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.5-3_amd64.deb 
> (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite `/usr/lib64', which is also in package xmms-kde
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.5-3_amd64.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> Ack!  Something bad happened while installing packages.  Trying to recover:
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6-dev:
>  libc6-dev depends on libc6 (= 2.3.5-3); however:
>   Version of libc6 on system is 2.3.2.ds1-22.
> dpkg: error processing libc6-dev (--configure):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of locales:
>  locales depends on glibc-2.3.5-3; however:
>   Package glibc-2.3.5-3 is not installed.
> dpkg: error processing locales (--configure):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  libc6-dev
>  locales
> Press return to continue.
> 
> I'm using sid.
> 
> Has anyone else had the same?
> 
> Grahame
> 
> 

Try the following:

Forcing Overwrite:

In /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ there is a file: 70debconf

Add this to the file:

DPkg
{
   // Probably don't want to use force-downgrade..
      Options {"--force-overwrite";}
}

Then, whenever the situation arises, dpkg will automatically overwrite
the common file.

It's worked for me several times :-)

Blessings,

Nigel

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