On Sat, 2002-03-23 at 19:34, dave mallery wrote: > gnome-core got good and stuck: > > apt-get install gnome-core > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 192 not upgraded. > Need to get 0B/1440kB of archives. After unpacking 2396kB will be freed. > (Reading database ... 56800 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace gnome-core 1.4.0.6-1.ximian.2 (using > .../gnome-core_1.4.0.6-2_i386.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement gnome-core ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-core_1.4.0.6-2_i386.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/omf/gnome-core/fdl-C.omf', which is also > in package gnome-help-data > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-core_1.4.0.6-2_i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > and if i try to remove gnome-help-data, it fails likewise. > > gnome is gone. > > i am in sort of a double bind and removing any one is impossible. > > at a full stop > > dave
Does "apt-get install -f", then "apt-get install gnome-core" help? Peter. -- Peter Whysall [EMAIL PROTECTED] The TLD in my email address is sdrawkcab. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]