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Re: xlibs vs. app-defaults



Burton Windle <burton@fint.org> writes:

> Unpacking replacement xlibs ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.0.1-9_i386.deb (--install):
>  trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults', which is also in
> package ghostview dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken
> pipe)
> 
> It used to give a similar message because app-defaults was also in
> xscreen-saver, and/or xscreen-saver-gl, untill I removed them and
> reinstalled.  
> 
> What is the correct way to resolve this, and to stop getting these errors?

Do a
`dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.0.1-9_i386.deb'

However, that won't stop messages of this sort, but only the
particular with app-defaults.

Greetings,
joachim



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