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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