I have tried to install gaim with apt-get install gaim, but the following are some of the errors I get. I seem to be having general apt-get problems:

root@box1:~# apt-get install gaim
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
gaim is already the newest version.
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libwine: Depends: libxv1 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
root@box1:~#

It says I have gaim installed, so I have tried to apt-get remove gaim, with this message:

root@box1:~# apt-get remove gaim
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libwine: Depends: libxv1 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).


I have tried to apt-get -f install, but I get this:

root@box1:~# apt-get -f install
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libxv1
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libxv1
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 859 not upgraded.
28 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/142kB of archives.
After unpacking 303kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
(Reading database ... 113918 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libxv1 (from .../libxv1_4.3.0.dfsg.1-4_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libxv1_4.3.0.dfsg.1-4_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/libXv.so.1.0', which is also in package xlibs
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libxv1_4.3.0.dfsg.1-4_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@box1:~#

I understand this is a lot of info, but I am simply asking, how can I get gaim working?

Thanks

Jerry

- Has gaim worked before?
- If so, does it still open now?
- It said above "gaim is already the newest version" so are you trying to upgrade?
- What version of Debian are you using?

I don't think it's related to gaim at all- looks to me like it's a problem with xlibs because of this:

Unpacking libxv1 (from .../libxv1_4.3.0.dfsg.1-4_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libxv1_4.3.0.dfsg.1-4_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/libXv.so.1.0', which is also in package xlibs

Until you resolve that dpkg isn't installing your other packages, hence this message:
28 not fully installed or removed.

Therefore, in my opinion, it's not a problem with gaim, but with libxv1 trying to overwrite a file in xlibs. I don't know what the best course of action is from here, hopefully I was able to clear some things up for others that are trying to help.

Good luck!

Gaim did work before.
I tried to upgrade, and gaim does not open now.

This is the debian from Knoppix 3.3 (trying to find which version right now..)

I would agree it 'looks like' a problem with libxv1 trying to overwrite something. It seems to have banged up the entire apt process.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks for the help already.


Thanks

Jerry

Use dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/libxv1_4.3.0.dfsg.1-4_i386.deb to correct the problem. Then see if you can upgrade gaim to get it working or if not I believe that kopete will connect to AOL you may want to look at installing it.