x11-common unmet depends
 

I was trying to install libx11-6 and now I have a whole mess of unmet dependencies.

When I try to fix them, I get:

Unpacking x11-common (from .../x11-common_1%3a7.0.22_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.0.22_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/bin', which is also in package aaa-base
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.0.22_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


I could remove aaa-base but dpkg tells me to NEVER uninstall it and it has no installation candidate for apt-get.


I have no idea how to fix this.

Just use dpkg to force the overwrite. The command is something like:

dpkg -if /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.0.22_i386.deb

The f flag is for field, which displays package information. The manpage doesn't seem to show a way to force the installation of a package.

or

oops - sorry about the incorrect command! Should have looked it up!

nx5000: That did the trick, thanks a lot.
xpromisex: No problem.