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Re: Apt Broken Package Problems



Ryan Waye

> /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 
> libquantum-entanglement-perl
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/perl-base_5.8.4-2.2_i386.deb

[..]

> Any suggestions?

The only quick-fix way out is to use dpkg with the '--force-all' option.
Do it on the 'perl-base_5.8.4-2.2_i386.deb' package.

Keep all broken parts if something serious happens because no one messes
with `perl-base' on a production system!!

-- 
Ragu



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