Error message in testing upgrade
Good evening all,
I have just updated/upgraded my testing system this evening, and all
went OK except for one error message and I am unsure how to resolve the
problem that dpkg has encountered. The message is:
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 50115 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace xfree86-common 4.2.1-6 (using
.../xfree86-common_4.2.1-11_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement xfree86-common ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/xfree86-common_4.2.1-11_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/X11', which is also in package realplayer
System startup links for /etc/init.d/xfree86-common already exist.
Setting up X server socket directory /tmp/.X11-unix...done.
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/xfree86-common_4.2.1-11_all.deb
localepurge: checking system for new locale ...
localepurge: processing locale files ...
localepurge: processing man pages ...
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to
recover:
Press return to continue.
Would someone be so kind as to point me to some reading so that I can
learn to interpret these messages and resolve the problem, or tell me
how to resolve the problem.
Everything seems to be working OK after the upgrade, but when I go into
aptitude, it still reports the "xfree96-common" package as upgradable.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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Lonnie Sutton - lsutton2@qwest.net - Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
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