Re: apt-get libgnomeprint

[Defresne Sylvain <sylvain.defresne@enst-bretagne.fr>]

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

> 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";}
 }

Good luck
-- 
DEFRESNE Sylvain