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Re: update problem



Thanks it is working.

Brian Schramm
brian@schramms.yi.org    ICQ 104442754  AIM schrammbrian
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On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Lee Bradshaw wrote:

> You need the full pathname to install a package with dpkg. Try
> 
>   dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.1.0-6_i386.deb
> 
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 10:20:02PM -0400, Brian Schramm wrote:
> > That would be nice if I could get the command to work.  Is it 
> > dpkg -i --force-overwrite xlibs_4.1.0-6_i386.deb
> > If this is not then can you tell me how to get past this error?
> > here is the error I am getting:
> > 
> > schserv:~# dpkg -i --force-overwrite xlibs
> > dpkg: error processing xlibs (--install):
> >  cannot access archive: No such file or directory
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  xlibs
> > schserv:~# dpkg -i --force-overwrite xlibs_4.1.0-6_i386.deb
> > dpkg: error processing xlibs_4.1.0-6_i386.deb (--install):
> >  cannot access archive: No such file or directory
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  xlibs_4.1.0-6_i386.deb
> > schserv:~# dpkg -i --force-overwrite xlibs_4.1.0-6
> > dpkg: error processing xlibs_4.1.0-6 (--install):
> >  cannot access archive: No such file or directory
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  xlibs_4.1.0-6
> > 
> > Thanks for the help.
> > 
> > 
> > Brian Schramm
> > brian@schramms.yi.org    ICQ 104442754  AIM schrammbrian
> > www.linuxexpert.org
> > 
> >                
> > On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, Carlos Sousa wrote:
> > 
> >> 
> >> Krzysztof Adamski wrote:
> >> (...)
> >>> Unpacking replacement xlibs ...
> >>> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.1.0-6_i386.deb
> >>> (--unpack):
> >>>  trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults', which is also in
> >>> package xmcd
> >>> Errors were encountered while processing:
> >>>  /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.1.0-6_i386.deb
> >>> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> >> 
> >> Yes, that's just happened to me as well. I solved it by doing a
> >> 'dpkg -i --force-overwrite 
> >> /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.1.0-6_i386.deb', the output of which 
> >> showed that it also conflicts in the same way with a couple more 
> >> packages, can't remember which. Don't know if I did right, but my X is 
> >> working...
> >> 
> >> Carlos
> >> 
> >> 
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