Re: Can apt-get install or remove openoffice
On Tuesday 27 May 2003 08:20, Kevin Mark wrote:
> > (Reading database ... 110934 files and directories currently installed.)
> > Unpacking openoffice.org (from .../openoffice.org_1.0.3-2_all.deb) ...
> > dpkg: error processing
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org_1.0.3-2_all.deb (--unpack):
> > trying to overwrite
> > `/usr/share/icons/locolor/16x16/apps/001_star_butterfly.xpm', which is
> > also in package openoffice-de-en
> > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org_1.0.3-2_all.deb
> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
To fix the situation I would suggest:
dpkg -i --force-overwrite
/var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org_1.0.3-2_all.deb
but one should be sure about the compatibility of the package, i.e. if I have
woody it needs to be a backport for woody etc.
--
saluti, Mauro
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