Re: apt-get install: x11-common vs xfree86-common: "trying to overwrite /etc/X11/Xsession"
- From: Chris Bannister <mockingbird@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 05:42:16 +0100
On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 05:39:44PM -0600, will trillich wrote:
we haven't figured out how to get past this apt-get snag:
# apt-get install x11-common
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Suggested packages:
x-window-system-core x-window-system
The following NEW packages will be installed:
x11-common
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 22 not upgraded.
18 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/1124kB of archives.
After unpacking 1647kB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 42848 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking x11-common (from .../x11-common_6.9.0.dfsg.1-4_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_6.9.0.dfsg.1-4_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/etc/X11/Xsession', which is also in package
xfree86-common
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_6.9.0.dfsg.1-4_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ideas?
dpkg --force-help
Specifically - "dpkg --force-all -i x11-common"
--
Chris.
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