Martin Wuertele wrote: > Hi Rich! > > On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Rich Johnson wrote: > > > (Reading database ... 22636 files and directories currently installed.) > > Unpacking libmng (from .../libmng_0.9.3-0.potato.3_powerpc.deb) ... > > dpkg: error processing > > /var/cache/apt/archives/libmng_0.9.3-0.potato.3_powerpc.deb (--unpack): > > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libmng.la', which is also in package > > libmng1 > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > /var/cache/apt/archives/libmng_0.9.3-0.potato.3_powerpc.deb > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > as you see there is a problem overwriting /usr/lib/libmng.la. > > if you're shure you don't break anything you might try > > dpkg -i --force-overwrite > /var/cache/apt/archives/libmng_0.9.3-0.potato.3_powerpc.deb > > or, if you want to be on the save side, get the sources for ksysctrl, > ktimemon, libqt2.2 and compile them or get newer versions compiled agains > libmng 1.0.3-1
Ah, I'm beginning to understand how this stuff works. Since my target is to run on woody and I needed sid for a working xserver/kde kit (for an old-world powermac), I think I'll go down the recompilation route. Thanks!
