Martin Bialasinski wrote: > > * "John" == John Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > John> (Reading database ... 78011 files and directories currently installed.) > John> Unpacking gmc (from gmc_4.5.42-4_i386.deb) ... > John> dpkg: error processing gmc_4.5.42-4_i386.deb (--install): > John> trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/convert-metadata.db.1.gz', > John> which is also in package mc > John> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > > Run the installation of mc, mc-common and gmc simultaniously with dpkg > -i mc.. gmc ... mc-common... > > Maybe the old mc package you have installed erroneously contains the > manpage as well. > > You could deinstall the old mc package first as well. ----------------------------------------------------------- I tried purging mc, mc-common, and gmc along with the dependent applications. The offending file was gone. Then I tried installing mc-common, and mc and lastly gmc. That had the same result. I purged all of them again and tried this order; mc-common, gmc, and lastly mc. This time mc would not install, yielding the same error message as before. The problem seems to be this one file, which apparently should be in mc-common (which it is not) and not in either of the other packages. BTW I can not seem to downgrade because October Gnome requires at least these versions. I will try your idea of a simultaneous installation. I appreciate the help.
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