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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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