Re: Problem upgrading to libc6 2.5-9 amd64
On Jul 19, 5:20 pm, Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+deb...@icfo.es>
wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 15:33:48 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 08:39:41 -0000, pedxing wrote:
> > > On Jun 7, 9:50 am, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 08:04:54 -0000, pedxing wrote:
> > > > > I ran into this problem when trying to do my weekly aptitude upgrade
> > > > > on an AMD64 system running Lenny:
> > > > > ----
> > > > > Preparing to replace libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 (using .../archives/
> > > > > libc6_2.5-9_amd64.deb) ...
> > > > > Unpacking replacement libc6 ...
> > > > > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.5-9_amd64.deb
> > > > > (--unpack):
> > > > > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib64', which is also in package gtk-qt-
> > > > > engine
>
> [...]
>
> > I think you can eliminate the problem like this:
>
> > 1) Download the fixed version of gtk-qt-engine:
>
> > wgethttp://ftp.debian.org/pool/main/g/gtk-qt-engine/gtk-qt-engine_0.8~svn...
>
> > 2) Shut down X, go to a tty and become root. Then install the new
> > version that you just downloaded:
>
> > dpkg -i gtk-qt-engine_0.8~svn-rev36-2_amd64.deb
>
> I realized that this will not work because the new version of
> gtk-qt-engine depends on the new version of libc6, which you cannot
> currently install because of the file conflict with the old version of
> gtk-qt-engine.
>
> I am afraid you have to break this deadlock by force:
>
> dpkg --force-overwrite -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.5-9_amd64.deb
This indeed broke the deadlock.
> dpkg -i gtk-qt-engine_0.8~svn-rev36-2_amd64.deb
This didn't work, but I was able to work out the rest with a few
passes of aptitude. My faith in the robustness of the Debian
packaging system has been renewed...
Thank you Florian!
-pedxing
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