Re: Newbie with apt-get problem

[Michel Loos <loos@qt1.iq.usp.br>]

On Sat, 2001-11-17 at 21:45, rich@inetarena.com wrote:
> Hello. I'm a Debian newbie, although I've used it briefly in the past, and
> have used Linux for about seven years (mainly RedHat).
> 
> I'm using a box that's running Woody and it looks like it's got a problem.
> I went to install a package and I'm getting some errors. When I run
> apt-get check, here's the output:
> 
>   attic:~# apt-get check
>   Reading Package Lists... Done
>   Building Dependency Tree... Done
>   You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these.
>   Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
>     kdebase-libs: Depends: kdelibs3 (>= 4:2.2.1-11) but 4:2.1.2-3 is
>   installed
>     kdm: Depends: kdelibs3 (>= 4:2.2.1-11) but 4:2.1.2-3 is installed
>     libkonq3: Depends: kdelibs3 (>= 4:2.2.1-11) but 4:2.1.2-3 is installed
>   E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
> 
> So, I tried following those instructions:
> 
>   attic:~# apt-get -f install
>   Reading Package Lists... Done
>   Building Dependency Tree... Done
>   Correcting dependencies... Done
>   The following extra packages will be installed:
>     kdelibs3
>   3 packages not fully installed or removed.
>   Need to get 0B/6758kB of archives. After unpacking 5603kB will be used.
>   Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
>   (Reading database ... 17959 files and directories currently installed.)
>   Preparing to replace kdelibs3 4:2.1.2-3 (using
>   .../kdelibs3_4%3a2.2.1-14_i386.deb) ...
>   Unpacking replacement kdelibs3 ...
>   Replacing files in old package konqueror ...
>   dpkg: error processing
>   /var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs3_4%3a2.2.1-14_i386.deb (--unpack):
>    trying to overwrite
>   `/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/devices/3floppy_mount.png', which is
>   also in package kdebase
>   dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
>   Errors were encountered while processing:
>    /var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs3_4%3a2.2.1-14_i386.deb
>   E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 
> Any clues? I'm not able to install anything at this point...
> 
cd /var/cache/apt/archives
dpkg -i *.deb
should resolve your problem (if you usually remove your .deb files after
a succesful install)

Michel.

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rich
> 
> 
> 
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