Re: dependency troubles in sid

[Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>]

On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 11:10:06AM -0500, James Hughes wrote:
> I can't install  or remove any packages with apt-get. Installing
> produces errors along the lines of the following:
> 
> Reading changelogs... Done
> (Reading database ... 74553 files and directories currently
> installed.)
> Preparing to replace gftp-gtk 2.0.13-1 (using
> .../gftp-gtk_2.0.14-1_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement gftp-gtk ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/gftp-gtk_2.0.14-1_i386.deb (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/menu/gftp', which is also in package
>  gftp-common

See:

  http://lists.debian.org/debian-project-0301/msg00023.html

Use 'dpkg -i --force-overwrite
/var/cache/apt/archives/gftp-gtk_2.0.14-1_i386.deb' as a workaround.

> Preparing to replace xlibs 4.2.1-1 (using .../xlibs_4.2.1-4_i386.deb)
> ...
> Unpacking replacement xlibs ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.2.1-4_i386.deb
> (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults', which is also
>  in package dialdcost

dialdcost is no longer in the distribution; if you want to keep it
you'll probably need to rebuild it to use /etc/X11/app-defaults instead.

Cheers,

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]