On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 11:57:14AM -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > Hello: > > I'm trying to install alpine, the free successor to pine, but aptitude reports: > > Unpacking alpine (from .../alpine_0.83+dfsg-2_i386.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/alpine_0.83+dfsg-2_i386.deb > (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/rpdump.1.gz', which is also in > package pine > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/alpine_0.83+dfsg-2_i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > A package failed to install. > > I don't want to remove pine until I'm sure alpine is an appropriate > replacement. I removed the offending file, but the error remains. Is there a > way I can force alpine to be installed? I read the aptitude manual, but could > find no way to override its refusal to install. It must be noted that you should not manually remove files that are part of a package. As you found out, removing it yourself did not fix the error. This is because dpkg does NOT search for the actual file but it looks, iirc, at /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list for the conflict. -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | |_______ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed _______|
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