on Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 01:50:25AM +0100, Defresne Sylvain (sylvain.defresne@enst-bretagne.fr) wrote:
> Hello
>
> * Some Linux User (insane@lamut.jtang.org) wrote:
> > i wrote previously about this. whenever i run apt-get i get stuck on this:
> > Unpacking libgnomeprint-bin (from
> > .../libgnomeprint-bin_0.25-0.1_i386.deb) ...
> > dpkg: error processing
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/libgnomeprint-bin_0.25-0.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/gnome-font-install', which is also in
> > package libgnomeprint6
> > Unpacking libgnomeprint-data (from
> > .../libgnomeprint-data_0.25-0.1_all.deb) ...
> > dpkg: error processing
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/libgnomeprint-data_0.25-0.1_all.deb (--unpack):
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/fonts/afms/adobe/pagd8a.afm', which is
> > also in package libgnomeprint6
> > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/libgnomeprint-bin_0.25-0.1_i386.deb
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/libgnomeprint-data_0.25-0.1_all.deb
> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> See bugs: #76751, #78414
>
> > i have tried the
> > dpkg --configure --pending
> > followed by
> > apt-get -f upgrade
>
> If you want to install them, uses:
> dpkg --force-overwrite --install <file>.deb
FWIW, this is how I got these packages installed.
> > multiple times. i have tried to delete the packages. all with no luck.
> > does anyone else have suggestion on how to either fix this problem,
> > or to make apt-get ignore those packages since it is not letting me
> > continue with either apt-get upgrade or apt-get install. thank you.
>
> If you want APT to invoke DPKG with the `--force-overwrite'
> option, you have to add the following lines to your
> /etc/apt/apt.conf file:
>
> DPkg
> {
> Options {"--force-overwrite";}
> }
Hmmm.... Shouldn't there be a better way to do this -- or just don't
use apt-get when trying to do a --force-overwrite?
--
Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself
Evangelist, Zelerate, Inc. http://www.zelerate.org
What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal
http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
Attachment:
pgpbjmTt8rOZ7.pgp
Description: PGP signature