Re: Safely Upgrading Packages
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 07:54:20 -0500 John Fleming wrote:
> ...
> Unpacking alsa-utils (from .../alsa-utils_1.0.5-3_i386.deb) ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/alsa-utils_1.0.5-3_i386.deb
> (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/alsamixer', which is also in package knx-alsa
> ...
> Unpacking libntfs5 (from .../libntfs5_1.9.0-1_i386.deb) ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libntfs5_1.9.0-1_i386.deb
> (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libntfs.so.5.0.0', which is also in package
> ntfsprogs
> ...
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/alsa-utils_1.0.5-3_i386.deb
> /var/cache/apt/archives/libntfs5_1.9.0-1_i386.deb
Well, that's exactly what it appears to be, these 2 packages want to
install files which are also in 2 other packages already on your system
(knx-alsa and ntfsprogs).
Since neither knx-alsa (a Knoppix-specific package IIRC) nor ntfsprogs
are in the Debian archives, you appear to be mixing packages from
different archive "universes", and are thus experiencing the resulting
namespace conflicts.
I would advise you to strictly stick to the Debian archives or the
Knoppix ones, but not both.
That said, if you are willing to take your chances, you can always try
'dpkg -i --force-overwrite /path/to/package.deb'.
--
Carlos Sousa
http://vbc.dyndns.org/
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