Re: problems w/Recent Upgrade to October GNOME
Martin Bialasinski wrote:
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> * "John" == John Foster <jfoster@augustmail.com> wrote:
>
> John> (Reading database ... 78011 files and directories currently installed.)
> John> Unpacking gmc (from gmc_4.5.42-4_i386.deb) ...
> John> dpkg: error processing gmc_4.5.42-4_i386.deb (--install):
> John> trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/convert-metadata.db.1.gz',
> John> which is also in package mc
> John> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
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> Run the installation of mc, mc-common and gmc simultaniously with dpkg
> -i mc.. gmc ... mc-common...
>
> Maybe the old mc package you have installed erroneously contains the
> manpage as well.
>
> You could deinstall the old mc package first as well.
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I tried purging mc, mc-common, and gmc along with the dependent
applications. The offending file was gone. Then I tried installing
mc-common, and mc and lastly gmc. That had the same result. I purged all
of them again and tried this order; mc-common, gmc, and lastly mc. This
time mc would not install, yielding the same error message as before.
The problem seems to be this one file, which apparently should be in
mc-common (which it is not) and not in either of the other packages. BTW
I can not seem to downgrade because October Gnome requires at least
these versions. I will try your idea of a simultaneous installation. I
appreciate the help.
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