Why can't all the Pidgin packages just get along???

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Shaun Marolf <[email protected]>wrote:

> The problem is the pidgin-data package now conflicts with
> pidgin-facebookchat. I had this happen last night. Basically you need to
> to remove pidgin-facebookchat. (Reinstall any pidgin packagaes that may
> also get tagged for removal after you do so.) The new pidgin-data has
> the facebook chat in it now.
>
> On Wed, 2010-12-22 at 14:52 -0500, Scott Vargovich wrote:
> > Here's more from the command line:
> >
> >
> > <command line>
> > enigma1 scott # apt-get -f install
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree
> > Reading state information... Done
> > Correcting dependencies... Done
> > The following extra packages will be installed:
> >   pidgin-data
> > The following NEW packages will be installed:
> >   pidgin-data
> > 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> > 2 not fully installed or removed.
> > Need to get 0B/8,654kB of archives.
> > After this operation, 28.1MB of additional disk space will be used.
> > Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
> > WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
> >   pidgin-data
> > Authentication warning overridden.
> > (Reading database ... 328969 files and directories currently
> > installed.)
> > Unpacking pidgin-data (from .../pidgin-data_1%
> > 3a2.7.8-1~getdeb1~lucid_all.deb) ...
> > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/pidgin-data_1%
> > 3a2.7.8-1~getdeb1~lucid_all.deb (--unpack):
> >  trying to overwrite
> > '/usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin/protocols/16/facebook.png', which is also
> > in package pidgin-facebookchat 0:1.64-1
> > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> > Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  /var/cache/apt/archives/pidgin-data_1%3a2.7.8-1~getdeb1~lucid_all.deb
> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> > enigma1 scott # dpkg --configure -a
> > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of pidgin:
> >  pidgin depends on pidgin-data (>= 1:2.7.8); however:
> >   Package pidgin-data is not installed.
> >  pidgin depends on pidgin-data (<< 1:2.7.8-z); however:
> >   Package pidgin-data is not installed.
> > dpkg: error processing pidgin (--configure):
> >  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of pidgin-libnotify:
> >  pidgin-libnotify depends on pidgin (<< 1:3.0); however:
> >   Package pidgin is not configured yet.
> >  pidgin-libnotify depends on pidgin (>= 1:2.6); however:
> >   Package pidgin is not configured yet.
> > dpkg: error processing pidgin-libnotify (--configure):
> >  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  pidgin
> >  pidgin-libnotify
> > enigma1 scott #
> > </command line>
> >
> >
> > This is from the update manager trying to fix the broken package:
> >
> >
> > <error>
> > E: /var/cache/apt/archives/pidgin-data_1%
> > 3a2.7.8-1~getdeb1~lucid_all.deb: trying to overwrite
> > '/usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin/protocols/16/facebook.png', which is also
> > in package pidgin-facebookchat 0
> > </error>
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Scott Vargovich
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >         It appears that I have some broken packages related to Pidgin
> >         on my Mint 9 system.  I've tried googling many different parts
> >         of the error unsuccessfully.  Anybody wanna take a crack at
> >         it?  Here's what's happening from the command line:
> >
> >
> >         <command line>
> >         enigma1 scott # aptitude install pidgin
> >         Reading package lists... Done
> >         Building dependency tree
> >         Reading state information... Done
> >         Reading extended state information... Done
> >         Initializing package states... Done
> >         The following NEW packages will be installed:
> >           pidgin pidgin-data{a} pidgin-libnotify{a}
> >         0 packages upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not
> >         upgraded.
> >         Need to get 20.8kB/9,239kB of archives. After unpacking 30.2MB
> >         will be used.
> >         Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]
> >         Writing extended state information... Done
> >         Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main
> >         pidgin-libnotify 0.14-1ubuntu14 [20.8kB]
> >         Fetched 20.8kB in 0s (31.1kB/s)
> >         Selecting previously deselected package pidgin-data.
> >         (Reading database ... 328921 files and directories currently
> >         installed.)
> >         Unpacking pidgin-data (from .../pidgin-data_1%
> >         3a2.7.8-1~getdeb1~lucid_all.deb) ...
> >         dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/pidgin-data_1%
> >         3a2.7.8-1~getdeb1~lucid_all.deb (--unpack):
> >          trying to overwrite
> >         '/usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin/protocols/16/facebook.png', which
> >         is also in package pidgin-facebookchat 0:1.64-1
> >         dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> >         Selecting previously deselected package pidgin.
> >         Unpacking pidgin (from .../pidgin_1%
> >         3a2.7.8-1~getdeb1~lucid_i386.deb) ...
> >         Selecting previously deselected package pidgin-libnotify.
> >         Unpacking pidgin-libnotify
> >         (from .../pidgin-libnotify_0.14-1ubuntu14_i386.deb) ...
> >         Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
> >         Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
> >         Processing triggers for python-gmenu ...
> >         Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.utf8.cache...
> >         Processing triggers for menu ...
> >         Processing triggers for man-db ...
> >         Processing triggers for python-support ...
> >         Errors were encountered while processing:
> >          /var/cache/apt/archives/pidgin-data_1%
> >         3a2.7.8-1~getdeb1~lucid_all.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 pidgin:
> >          pidgin depends on pidgin-data (>= 1:2.7.8); however:
> >           Package pidgin-data is not installed.
> >          pidgin depends on pidgin-data (<< 1:2.7.8-z); however:
> >           Package pidgin-data is not installed.
> >         dpkg: error processing pidgin (--configure):
> >          dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> >         dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
> >         pidgin-libnotify:
> >          pidgin-libnotify depends on pidgin (<< 1:3.0); however:
> >           Package pidgin is not configured yet.
> >          pidgin-libnotify depends on pidgin (>= 1:2.6); however:
> >           Package pidgin is not configured yet.
> >         dpkg: error processing pidgin-libnotify (--configure):
> >          dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> >         Errors were encountered while processing:
> >          pidgin
> >          pidgin-libnotify
> >         Reading package lists... Done
> >         Building dependency tree
> >         Reading state information... Done
> >         Reading extended state information... Done
> >         Initializing package states... Done
> >         Writing extended state information... Done
> >
> >
> >         Current status: 1 broken [+1].
> >         enigma1 scott #
> >         </command line>
> >
> >
> >         As always - any assistance is greatly appreciated.
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