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Re: Package system in odd state



Joel Roth wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> I just did an apt-get upgrade with sid, and now need
> some extra help to patch up the pieces :-/

Easily fixed by removing the conflicting file, see below:

> $ sudo apt-get install -f
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Correcting dependencies... Done
> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
>   libinput3 libprotobuf8
> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
> The following extra packages will be installed:
>   libgdbm3:i386
> The following packages will be upgraded:
>   libgdbm3:i386
> 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1192 not upgraded.
> 235 not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0 B/31.2 kB of archives.
> After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
> (Reading database ... 292902 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to unpack .../libgdbm3_1.8.3-13+b1_i386.deb ...
> Unpacking libgdbm3:i386 (1.8.3-13+b1) over (1.8.3-13) ...
> dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libgdbm3_1.8.3-13+b1_i386.deb (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libgdbm3/changelog.Debian.gz', which is different from other instances of package libgdbm3:i386

rm /usr/share/doc/libgdbm3/changelog.Debian.gz

Thanks :-)

> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/libgdbm3_1.8.3-13+b1_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

 
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Joel Roth
  


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