Reporting error as requested in installation
I paste here an error I received when attempting to install
xlibs_4.2.1-6_i386.deb
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.2.1-6_i386.deb
(--unpack)
:
trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults', which is also in
package
xscreensaver
Analyzing /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults:
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 1024 Aug 12 2002 /usr
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 1024 Jun 2 2000 /usr/X11R6
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 3072 Apr 29 11:08 /usr/X11R6/lib
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 1024 Apr 29 11:08
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Apr 29 11:08
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-d
efaults
ERROR: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults is not a symbolic link. The
package
preinst script should have failed.
Please report the package name, version, and the text of the above
error
message(s) to <debian-x@lists.debian.org>.
Art Edwards
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Art Edwards
Senior Research Physicist
Air Force Research Laboratory
Electronics Foundations Branch
KAFB, New Mexico
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