Re: [debian-knoppix] apt-get problem
On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 09:35:14AM -0600, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 03:41:37PM +0100, Tino Boss wrote:
> > >Try dpkg -i
> > >--force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/libxcursor-dev_1.0.2-4_i386.deb
> > >as root of course.
> > >
> > That and "apt-get -f install" fixed the thing. Thanks! Know I'll try to
> > find out what I actually did and what the problem was. Was the .deb-file
> > broken?
>
> Yes. The error message you got was clear: "conflict install file $foo in
> package $bar: file $foo also in package $gizmo" (I'm paraphrasing, but that
> is the basic idea).
>
> That happens every now and then, and before a fix is available, a workaround
> is to do 'dpkg --install --force-overwrite $foo'. See 'dpkg --help' and
> 'dpkg --force-help'.
>
> It also helps to check the BTS for the packages in question:
> http://bugs.debian.org/$foo.
Sorry, those last 2 $foo should be $bar -- package, not file.
Dirk
> Hth, Dirk
>
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