Re: libmng dependency tangle

[Rich Johnson <rjohnson@dogstar-interactive.com>]

Martin Wuertele wrote:

> Hi Rich!
>
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Rich Johnson wrote:
>
> > (Reading database ... 22636 files and directories currently installed.)
> > Unpacking libmng (from .../libmng_0.9.3-0.potato.3_powerpc.deb) ...
> > dpkg: error processing
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/libmng_0.9.3-0.potato.3_powerpc.deb (--unpack):
> >  trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libmng.la', which is also in package
> > libmng1
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  /var/cache/apt/archives/libmng_0.9.3-0.potato.3_powerpc.deb
> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> as you see there is a problem overwriting /usr/lib/libmng.la.
>
> if you're shure you don't break anything you might try
>
> dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/libmng_0.9.3-0.potato.3_powerpc.deb
>
> or, if you want to be on the save side, get the sources for ksysctrl,
> ktimemon, libqt2.2 and compile them or get newer versions compiled agains
> libmng 1.0.3-1

Ah, I'm beginning to understand how this stuff works.  Since my target is to run on
woody and I needed sid for a working xserver/kde kit (for an old-world powermac), I
think I'll go down the recompilation route.

Thanks!