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Old 01-24-2005, 06:12 AM   #1
_tomMmy_
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damndest error with apt-get


tom@ubuntu:~ $ sudo apt-get -m install libecal6 libedataserver3
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libecal6 libedataserver3
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 22 not upgraded.
635 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/315kB of archives.
After unpacking 918kB of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 89728 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libedataserver3 (from .../libedataserver3_1.0.3-2_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libedataserver3_1.0.3-2_i386.deb
trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libedataserver.so.3.2.2', which is also in packag
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Unpacking libecal6 (from .../libecal6_1.0.3-2_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libecal6_1.0.3-2_i386.deb (--unpa
trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libecal.so.6', which is also in package evolution
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libedataserver3_1.0.3-2_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libecal6_1.0.3-2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
tom@ubuntu:~ $

i tried a lot of things but i dont find how to fix this...
and now my gnome sessions dont want to open (viva failsafe)

thanks!

ciao
 
Old 01-28-2005, 06:33 AM   #2
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It seems like two packages you are trying to install provide files that conflict with files from evolution. If you really need to install them, you may have to force the installation.
 
  


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