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
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