On 10 Jan 2008, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > which was filed against the libsane-extras package: > > #460043: libsane-extras: can't install it > > It has been closed by Julien BLACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > Their explanation is attached below. If this explanation is > unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate > message then please contact Julien BLACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> by replying > to this email. > > Debian bug tracking system administrator > (administrator, Debian Bugs database) >
> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:24:27 +0100 > From: Julien BLACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Bug#460043: libsane-extras: can't install it > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > I get the following message from apt-get: > > > > dpkg: error processing > > /var/cache/apt/archives/libsane-extras_1.0.18.15_i386.deb (--unpack): > > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man5/sane-epkowa.5.gz', which is also > > in package iscan > > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > /var/cache/apt/archives/libsane-extras_1.0.18.15_i386.deb > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > iscan isn't an official Debian package. I couldn't care less about it. > > JB. > > -- > Julien BLACHE - Debian & GNU/Linux Developer - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Public key available on <http://www.jblache.org> - KeyID: F5D6 5169 > GPG Fingerprint : 935A 79F1 C8B3 3521 FD62 7CC7 CD61 4FD7 F5D6 5169 > Fair enough. I don't know how I got it. Anyway, I've managed to fix the problem with dpkg thanks to suggestions from elsewhere. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]