On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 02:00:29PM -0700, Scarletdown wrote: > I'm trying to install a new kernel (going from 2.8.18-3-k7 to > 2.6.22-2-k7) so that I can update my video drivers. However, I keep > getting this annoyance that causes anything I try to install to fail: > > You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these: > The following packages have unmet dependencies. > gnupg-agent: Depends: libpth20 (>= 2.0.7-2) but it is not going to be > installed > gpgsm: Depends: libpth20 (>= 2.0.7-2) but it is not going to be > installed > libgpgme11: Depends: libpth20 (>= 2.0.7-2) but it is not going to be > installed > > > Of course, I did the suggested apt-get -f install. Apt tried to install > libpth20, but failed with this error: > > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libpth20_2.0.7-8_i386.deb > (--unpack): trying to overwri /usr/lib/libpth.so.20.0.27 which is also > in package libpth2. > you have libpth2 installed which looks like it conflicts with libpth20. libpth20 *provides* libpth2, so I think you'd be safe to remove libpth2 and install libpth20. that should clear you up. It may be that you need a dist-upgrade to clear that out. What are you running? etch, lenny, sid? A
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