Rather than force the overwrites, I would uninstall (--purge) libgnomeprint6. It might take gnumeric or something along with it, but if you don't need it, then it'll be recompiled against the new library soon enough and you can re-install it. If you force overwrites it can make things messy when you want to uninstall libgnomeprint6 later. Pacem in Terris / Mir / Shanti / Salaam / Heiwa Kevin R. Bullock On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, Timothy Wilson wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've been having problems lately with apt-get upgrading my Debian woody > box. There are some dependency problems with some of the libgnomeprint > packages. I'd like to get some hints from some of the Debian gurus on the > best way to resolve these problems when they pop up. Here's what I get when > I do the upgrade, followed by an 'apt-get -f install' which apt suggests as > a possible remedy. Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Thanks. > > -Tim > > copland:/home/wilson# apt-get upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: > libgnomeprint11: Depends: libgnomeprint-data (>= 0.25-helix1) but it is > not installed > E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f. > copland:/home/wilson# apt-get -f install > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Correcting dependencies... Done > The following extra packages will be installed: > libgnomeprint-bin libgnomeprint-data > The following NEW packages will be installed: > libgnomeprint-bin libgnomeprint-data > 0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 44 not upgraded. > 1 packages not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 0B/196kB of archives. After unpacking 1491kB will be used. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] > (Reading database ... 85593 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking libgnomeprint-bin (from > .../libgnomeprint-bin_0.25-helix1_i386.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/libgnomeprint-bin_0.25-helix1_i386.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/gnome-font-install', which is also in package > libgnomeprint6 > Unpacking libgnomeprint-data (from > .../libgnomeprint-data_0.25-helix1_all.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/libgnomeprint-data_0.25-helix1_all.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/fonts/afms/adobe/pagd8a.afm', which is also > in package libgnomeprint6 > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/libgnomeprint-bin_0.25-helix1_i386.deb > /var/cache/apt/archives/libgnomeprint-data_0.25-helix1_all.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > -- > Tim Wilson | Visit Sibley online: | Check out: > Henry Sibley HS | http://www.isd197.k12.mn.us/ | http://www.zope.org/ > W. St. Paul, MN | | http://slashdot.org/ > wilson at visi.com | <dtml-var pithy_quote> | http://linux.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >