Re: Problem with replacing packages
On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Adam Majer wrote:
> # dpkg -i xshipwars_1.34.1-2_i386.deb
> dpkg: considering removing xshipwars-common in favour of xshipwars ...
> dpkg: no, cannot remove xshipwars-common (--auto-deconfigure will help):
> xshipwars depends on xshipwars-common (= 1.34.1-1)
> xshipwars-common is to be removed.
> dpkg: regarding xshipwars_1.34.1-2_i386.deb containing xshipwars:
> xshipwars conflicts with xshipwars-common
> xshipwars-common (version 1.34.1-1) is installed.
> dpkg: error processing xshipwars_1.34.1-2_i386.deb (--install):
> conflicting packages - not installing xshipwars
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> xshipwars_1.34.1-2_i386.deb
>
>
> Adding a "Provides: xshipwars-common" nor adding version number to
> xshipwars-common does not help.
Pass --auto-deconfigure. What this will do, is dpkg will deconfigure the
existing xshipwars, remove xshipwars-common, then install the new xshipwars.
In other words, read what it tells you.
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