Re: cannot install xfree86-common via apt
You wrote:
> I did upgrade with apt-get upgrade,
> but i got error that i cant install xfree86-common, i try apt-get -f install and it install the other packages except xfree86-common, the error is:
>
>
> Preparing to replace xfree86-common 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 (using .../xfree86-common_4.3.0.dfsg.1-7_all.deb) ...
> Document `debian-x-faq' is not installed, cannot remove.
> Unpacking replacement xfree86-common ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xfree86-common_4.3.0.dfsg.1-7_all.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/X11', which is also in package t1-cyrillic
This was mentioned on the debian-x list and seems to be a bug in the
t1-cyrillic package. See http://bugs.debian.org/270346 .
As a workaround (note: not tested personally), you can probably
temporarily uninstall t1-cyrillic, install xfree86-common, and then
reinstall t1-cyrillic:
# dpkg --purge t1-cyrillic
# apt-get install xfree86-common
# apt-get install t1-cyrillic
This should work since /usr/lib/X11 is shipped as a symlink in
xfree86-common and as a directory (the bug) in t1-cyrillic.
Good luck,
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