apt-get problem
While trying fix some broken packages, I ran apt-get -f install from my
terminal...after all packages were downloaded, I got the following
error(s):
etched 49.1MB in 19m6s (42.8kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 159964 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking kdelibs-dcop (from
.../kdelibs-dcop_4%3a3.1.0+rc6+kl-3_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs-dcop_4%3a3.1.0+rc6+kl-3_i386.deb
(--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/dcop', which is also in package
kdelibs-bin
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Unpacking libkdefx4 (from .../libkdefx4_4%3a3.1.0+rc6+kl-3_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/libkdefx4_4%3a3.1.0+rc6+kl-3_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libkdefx.so.4.1.0', which is also in
package kdelibs4
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs-dcop_4%3a3.1.0+rc6+kl-3_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libkdefx4_4%3a3.1.0+rc6+kl-3_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
What is this error telling me ('broken pipe') and, I guess more
importantly, how can I fix this? I know there are several sources for
kde3 packages. SHould I try a different source? Here is my
sources.list:
#Libranet
deb http://libranetlinux.com updates/2.7/
deb http://libranetlinux.com security/2.7/
#Debian
deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free
#deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free
#Debian Non-US
deb http://non-us.debian.org/ sid/non-US main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/ sid/non-US main contrib non-free
#Debian security updates
deb ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates main contrib
non-free
#deb-src ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates main
contrib non-free
#Evolution
deb http://red-carpet.ximian.com/debian woody main
deb http://ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.vpn-junkies.de/openoffice/ woody main
contrib
#deb http://ktown.kde.org/~nolden/kde/woody/i386/ ./
deb http://marillat.free.fr/ testing main
deb http://wh9.tu-dresden.de/kde3/karolina/ ./
Thanks for help.
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Trey Sizemore
trey@fastmail.fm
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