Re: Help! Stuck in apt-get
On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 03:01:23PM -0500, Sebastian Canagaratna wrote:
> When I try apt-get -f install
>
> I get
>
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/.... gs-common
> trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/bdftops' which is also in
> package ghostscript'
>
> I don't seem to be able to get past this. Fortunately , the system
> is still working. There is no package called ghostscript, so I do not
> know what package is being referred to. Though gs-aladdin is
> reported as being uninstalled, I presume, since the system is working
> and gs has not been installed, that the ghostscript part of aladdin
> has not been completely removed. The problem is: How do I get it to
> instll gs-common so that it can then install gs ?
My guess is `apt-get remove ghostscript` will fix things up.
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David Roundy
http://civet.berkeley.edu/droundy/
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