Re: apt-get install error

[Helmut Steinwender <shrink101@attbi.com>]

dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/packagename --force-overwrite

On Friday 25 January 2002 11:56, Steve Taetzsch wrote:
> I installed libwxgtk2.2-python, which upgraded a lot of other packages
> in the process and now I have an apt-get problem. There was an error
> during the install and running apt-get -f install returns:
>
>
> # apt-get -f install
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Correcting dependencies... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed:
>   libzvt2
> 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 629 not upgraded.
> 19 packages not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B/90.1kB of archives. After unpacking 272kB will be freed.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
> (Reading database ... 103715 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace libzvt2 1.2.13-ximian.8 (using
> .../libzvt2_1.4.1.3-2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libzvt2 ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libzvt2_1.4.1.3-2_i386.deb
> (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/sbin/gnome-pty-helper', which is also
> in package gnome-bin dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken
> pipe)
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/libzvt2_1.4.1.3-2_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
>
> I have moved /usr/sbin/gnome-pty-helper to a different name but I guess
> apt looks in the database and sees the file.
>
> How do I get out of this mess?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve

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