On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 03:28:48PM -0500, Michael P. Cosby wrote: > got a message to send this to this e-mail address, so like any > good human i'm doing what I'm told :-) I know my system state is > a bit weird since I don't update as often as I should. Anyway, > if this helps then here it is: [...] > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.2.1-12.1_i386.deb (--unpack): > 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 15 root root 4096 Mar 27 2001 /usr > drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Oct 27 15:11 /usr/X11R6 > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 27 15:11 /usr/X11R6/lib > drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Oct 27 15:11 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 27 15:11 /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. > Please report the package name, version, and the text of the above error > message(s) to <debian-x@lists.debian.org>. > dpkg: error while cleaning up: > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Can you tell us what version of xterm you have installed? $ dpkg -s xterm -- G. Branden Robinson | There's no trick to being a Debian GNU/Linux | humorist when you have the whole branden@debian.org | government working for you. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Will Rogers
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