| Bill Jonas on Mon, 25 Mar 2002 22:50:28 +0100 |
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On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 06:43:57PM -0500, Michael Leone wrote: > When I tried this before, I got many instances of kde bits not > installing - kdelibs and kdebase, from what I remember. Something about > some file existing in multiple packages ... Oh yeah, I've seen that before. Some of the packaging for KDE is a bit wonky; two packages contain the same file, which is A Bad Thing. I look at the error messages and determine which package is failing to install (it'll give you the file name, ie, /var/cache/apt/archives/foo_0.1-1_i386.deb), then install it with 'dpkg -i --force-overwrite filename'. After that, I continue on my business. apt-get dist-upgrade may tell you you need to run 'dpkg --configure -a' first, in which case you should do that followed by the dist-upgrade. (It may also tell you to run 'apt-get -f install'. Do that too, then.) -- Bill Jonas * bill@billjonas.com * http://www.billjonas.com/ Developer/SysAdmin for hire! See http://www.billjonas.com/resume.html Attachment:
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