dpkg: error while cleaning up:
Hello,
I received this error while installing
package : xlibs_4.2.1-3_i386.deb
Following is the output of the installation process...
Preparing to replace xlibs 4.1.0-17 (using xlibs_4.2.1-3_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement xlibs ...
dpkg: error processing xlibs_4.2.1-3_i386.deb (--install):
trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults', which is also in
package xterm
Analyzing /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults:
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 336 Feb 26 16:05 /usr
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 144 Nov 20 01:30 /usr/X11R6
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 3136 Feb 26 17:15 /usr/X11R6/lib
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 664 Feb 26 17:15 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 192 Feb 26 17:15
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults
ERROR: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults is not a symbolic link. The
package
preinst script should have failed.
with regards,
Nimit.
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