Re: Apt Broken Package Problems

[Stefan O'Rear <stefanor@cox.net>]

On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 08:42:46PM -0400, Ryan Waye wrote:
> Stefan O'Rear wrote:
> >On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 05:52:13PM -0400, Ryan Waye wrote:
> >>/var/cache/apt/archives/perl-base_5.8.4-2.2_i386.deb (--unpack):
> >>trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/perl/5.8', which is also in package
> >>libclass-multimethods-perl
> >>Errors were encountered while processing:
> >>/var/cache/apt/archives/perl-base_5.8.4-2.2_i386.deb
> >>E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> >>
> >>Is it a broken package, or somthing else?
> >
> >
> >Does removing/purging libclass-multimethods-perl help?
> >
> Via apt-get remove libclass-multimethods-perl I get this:
> 
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   kdelibs4: Depends: kdelibs-bin (= 4:3.3.0-1.1) but 4:3.3.0-1 is to be 
> installed
>   libperl5.8: Depends: perl-base (= 5.8.4-2.2) but 5.8.4-2 is to be 
> installed
>   libquantum-superpositions-perl: Depends: libclass-multimethods-perl 
> but it isnot going to be installed
>   perl: Depends: perl-base (= 5.8.4-2.2) but 5.8.4-2 is to be installed
> E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or 
> specify a s olution).

I was thinking of:
dpkg --remove libquantum-superpositions-perl
dpkg --remove libclass-multimethods-perl

since apt is stuck.
Remember - no apt = fix deps yourself.

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