I had this exact problem about 2 days ago when I installed task-helix-gnome. I cannot remember the exact order I did things in (the task metapackge is REALLY forked at the moment, does everything around the wrong way causing more breaks than I could count at the time) but I think the command dpkg --force-overwrite -i <deb name> gets around the libgnomeprint issues. Then use dpkg --configure -a to try and get the rest sorted. It will be fussy about which order you install the packages though, but it can work, you just might have to pay close attention to the errors (sometimes one package will say cant do this cause xxx, you just then install xxx and try again).
Cheers, Corey J. Popelier http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~pancreas On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Some Linux User wrote: > i wrote previously about this. whenever i run apt-get i get stuck on this: > Unpacking libgnomeprint-bin (from > .../libgnomeprint-bin_0.25-0.1_i386.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/libgnomeprint-bin_0.25-0.1_i386.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/gnome-font-install', which is also in > package libgnomeprint6 > Unpacking libgnomeprint-data (from > .../libgnomeprint-data_0.25-0.1_all.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/libgnomeprint-data_0.25-0.1_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_0.25-0.1_i386.deb > /var/cache/apt/archives/libgnomeprint-data_0.25-0.1_all.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > i have tried the > dpkg --configure --pending > followed by > apt-get -f upgrade > multiple times. i have tried to delete the packages. all with no luck. does > anyone else have suggestion on how to either fix this problem, or to make > apt-get ignore those packages since it is not letting me continue with either > apt-get upgrade or apt-get install. thank you. > -holland > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
