Thanks, I'm sure that tip will get more use in the future. I was able
to install ghex and another proram that showed up with the same
problem. Still hangs, though.
Jim
Craig McPherson wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
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