Re: libxft-dev: unmet dependencies

[Bruce Miller <brmiller@rogers.com>]

	On March 15, 2004 10:46, Rajesh Menon wrote:
> hey all.
> im running debian unstable on 2.6.0
> i did an "apt-get update", "apt-get upgrade", and then
> an 'apt-get dist-upgrade', but i get a recurring
> error, when it comes to
> upgrading/installing libxft2-dev at dist-upgrade. the exact error
> message is:
>
> "The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> libxft-dev: Depends: libxft2 (= 2.1.2-5) but 2.1.2-6 is installed
> E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f."
>
> has anyone had problems with this package? i noticed a bug online
> which had the same problem with earlier versions of libxft2.
>
> if anyone knows/can suggest a fix for this, it would be greatly
> appreciated ... thanks ...
>
> p.s: i have tried apt-get -f install, and it throws up a lot of
> errors
>
> similar to this one:
> > dpkg-divert: rename involves overwriting
>
> `/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h' with
>
> >   different file `/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft1.h', not allowed
> > dpkg: error processing
>
> /var/cache/apt/archives/libxft-dev_2.1.2-6_i386.deb (--unpack):
> >  subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  /var/cache/apt/archives/libxft-dev_2.1.2-6_i386.deb
> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

This problem has been fully reported at bugs.debian.org and is awaiting 
a fix from the package maintainer. In the meantime, the workaround is, 
as root, to delete the file /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft1.h or 
(better, beause less drastic) move it out of the directory, e.g. 
to /tmp/.s