Re: HELP - tried to apt-get kscreensaver, now I have a real mess!!!
if you man apt-get and dpkg, you will see dpkg for sure (maybe not apt-get) has a --force-something option.
Choose (and/or) try the one that is better for you, then
dpkg -i --force-something /var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs-data_4%3a3.2.2-2_all.deb
the overwrite error should become only a warning, and you will have you package installed.
I am sure more expert debian user than me has better solution, but this dirty one should work
Andrea
> Replacing files in old package koffice-data ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs-data_4%3a3.2.2-2_all.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite
> `/usr/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.sun.xml.calc.desktop', which is also
> in package openoffice-de-en
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