On 9/12/05, Viv Kendon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, Martin Costabel wrote: > > > Viv Kendon wrote: > > [] > >> /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing > >> /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerp > >> c/x11/openoffice.org-en-gb_1.9m121-60_darwin-powerpc.deb (--install): > >> trying to overwrite `/sw/lib/openoffice.org/presets/config/standard.sog', > >> which > >> is also in package openoffice.org > > > > If it's only this you want to get around, you can force the installation by > > using > > > > sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite > > /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11/openoffice.org-en-gb_1.9m121-60_darwin-powerpc.deb > > Thank you, that worked, and OOo runs fine so far as I've > tested in five minutes. This is a good solution for now: I > can't keep up with the rate of changes to OOo, so if I have > a version that works for the things I'll use it for, I'll > stick with it for a while. Though I do now (as of this > afternoon) have a Dual G5 to play with, so maybe I'll see > how much faster it compiles...once it has finished a few > other basics. > > -- Viv > ------------------------------------------------ > Dr Viv Kendon [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Quantum Information tel: 0113 343 3858 > Physics & Astronomy University of Leeds > http://quantum.leeds.ac.uk/~viv >
No need to do that--you can share the debs from your other machine. -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
