Updating libc6
Hello all,
I don't know if this is specific from debian amd64 , but I'll post here. I apologize if I'm wrong.
I'm running debian etch (stable), and I would like to update to testing, because there exists some software versions I need. For that I updated the sources.list file and try to update, by using the command
aptitude dist-upgrade -u
(of course I have done previously `aptitude update`)
After, it appeared the following error
(Reading database ... 187234 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13
(using .../archives/libc6_2.6-2_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libc6 ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.6-2_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/lib64', which is also in package virtualbox
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.6-2_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6-dev:
libc6-dev depends on libc6 (= 2.6-2); however:
Version of libc6 on system is 2.3.6.ds1-13.
dpkg: error processing libc6-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6-i386:
libc6-i386 depends on libc6 (= 2.6-2); however:
Version of libc6 on system is 2.3.6.ds1-13.
dpkg: error processing libc6-i386 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of locales:
locales depends on glibc-2.6-1; however:
Package glibc-2.6-1 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing locales (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of binutils:
binutils depends on libc6 (>= 2.6-1); however:
Version of libc6 on system is 2.3.6.ds1-13.
dpkg: error processing binutils (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
libc6-dev
libc6-i386
locales
binutils
Then I try to update the libc6 alone and the error was the same.
What can I do to update my system?
Thanks in advance
Pedro Sousa
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