On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 05:22:07PM +0530, Nimit Gupta wrote: > 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. Use "dpkg -S usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults" to identify any other packages that are attempting to provide that file, and upgrade or remove all of them. -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | Cogitationis poenam nemo meretur. branden@debian.org | http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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