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Re: [debian-knoppix] Problem with attempt to correct dependencies



> # apt-get -f install
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Correcting dependencies... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed:
>   libxcursor-dev
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   libxcursor-dev
> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 207 not upgraded.
> 20 not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B/27.3kB of archives.
> After unpacking 135kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
> (Reading database ... 115412 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking libxcursor-dev (from .../libxcursor-dev_1.0.2-2_i386.deb) ...
> dpkg: error processing 
> /var/cache/apt/archives/libxcursor-dev_1.0.2-2_i386.deb 
> (                   --unpack):
>  trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xcursor/Xcursor.h', which 
> is also i                   n package xlibs-dev
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/libxcursor-dev_1.0.2-2_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

try this: dpkg -i --force-overwrite  /var/cache/apt/archives/
libxcursor-dev_1.0.2-2_i386.deb

it wil install the package and than run apt again.

Cheers

Rik
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