On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 01:28:24AM -0500, James Frey wrote:
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/ghex_1.1.3-helix1_i386.deb (unpack):
> trying to overwrite '/usr/share/gnome/help/ghex/C/index.html' ,
> which is also in package gnome-utils.
You'll run into that a lot.
What you need to do is head over to /var/cache/apt/archives
You'll find that the .deb has been downloaded (or copied, if you're
working from a CD) to there. You need to install the package
with dpkg using the force-overwrite option. apt-get is really
just a combination of a package acquisition program with a frontend
to dpkg, but I don't know if there's a way to pass the force-overwrite
option to dpkg from apt, so I don't bother to try.
Anyway, just do this:
dpkg --force-overwrite -i filename.deb
Alternately, use dselect: the newer versions, at least, automatically
pass the force-overwrite option to dpkg.
--
Craig McPherson
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