On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 09:56:37AM -0500, Amy Tanner wrote: > No, actually, --replacefiles will replace files installed by other > packages. That's what I'm trying to do. apt-get bombs with this error > when a file from the package I'm attempting to install conflicts with a > file from a previously-installed package: > > E: Sub-process /bin/rpm returned with an error code (1) What you could do it just download the packages and install them yourself with rpm --replacefiles. You might want to clean out your cache first. You should also file a bug with the package maintainer. Nate