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strange apt-get error (potato)



Hello!

Well, im having an issue regarding ximian gnome and apt-get... 
here it goes...

Back when i apt-get'ed ximian gnome, everything installed 
correctly, except for the "xscreensavers" package. Now, if i want to 
use apt-get, i get this message:

Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
task-ximian-gnome: Depends: xscreensaver but its not going to be 
installed.
E: unmet dependencies. try 'apt-get -f install'

so i do and:

$apt-get -f install
The following packages will be installed:
xscreensaver
<snip>

...unpacking xscreensaver
dpkg: error processing 
/var/cache/apt/archives/xscreensaver_4.00_ximian.2_i386.deb(--
unpack)
triying to overwrite 
/usr/share/controlcenter/Desktop/screensaver_properties.desktop , 
wich is also in package gnome_control_center
dpkg-deb:subprocess paste killed by signal (broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/xscreensaver_4.00_ximian.2_i386.deb
E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


Any clues?
Thanks...
Camilo


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