Am Mittwoch 25 Juli 2007 schrieb Pedro Sousa: > Hello all, > > I don't know if this is specific from debian amd64 , but I'll post here. I > apologize if I'm wrong. > > I'm running debian etch (stable), and I would like to update to testing, > because there exists some software versions I need. For that I updated the > sources.list file and try to update, by using the command > > aptitude dist-upgrade -u > (of course I have done previously `aptitude update`) > > After, it appeared the following error > > (Reading database ... 187234 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 (using > ../archives/libc6_2.6-2_amd64.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement libc6 ... > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.6-2_amd64.deb > (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/lib64', which is also in package > virtualbox > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.6-2_amd64.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > A package failed to install. Trying to recover: > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6-dev: > libc6-dev depends on libc6 (= 2.6-2); however: > Version of libc6 on system is 2.3.6.ds1-13. > dpkg: error processing libc6-dev (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6-i386: > libc6-i386 depends on libc6 (= 2.6-2); however: > Version of libc6 on system is 2.3.6.ds1-13. > dpkg: error processing libc6-i386 (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of locales: > locales depends on glibc-2.6-1; however: > Package glibc-2.6-1 is not installed. > dpkg: error processing locales (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of binutils: > binutils depends on libc6 (>= 2.6-1); however: > Version of libc6 on system is 2.3.6.ds1-13. > dpkg: error processing binutils (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > Errors were encountered while processing: > libc6-dev > libc6-i386 > locales > binutils > > Then I try to update the libc6 alone and the error was the same. > > What can I do to update my system? > > Thanks in advance > Pedro Sousa
Hi Pedro, this is a bug in the package. The maintainer will fix it. If you know, what you do, then got into /var/cache/apt/archives and install the libc-package manually using dpkg --force-overwrite -i libc6-XXXXX.deb Then you can do apt-get upgrade or apt-get dist-upgrade as you wish. Good luck ! Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]