Hi, On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 12:28:25AM -0600, Christopher M. Jones wrote: > I can't get past a dependency problem related to the unstable version. > I think I asked for the latest konqueror, or something... in any case > I upgraded several components of my kde. Now I have this dependency > problem, and I don't know how to fix. it. How can I (a) fix the > problem, (b) have apt ignore it so I can install other software?
Go to http://www.debian.org/doc/ddp and follow link to "Debian reference" and read my instruction to get out of upgrade hell. > copernicus:/home/cmj# apt-get -f install ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/kdebase-libs_2.2.2-13_i386.deb (- -unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/applnk/Settings/Sound/arts.desktop', > which is a lso in package kdebase > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/kdebase-libs_2.2.2-13_i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) If I were you, I will move /usr/share/applnk/Settings/Sound/arts.desktop out from current location temporarily and try reinstalling again. Packageing error, I guess. Check bug report too. :) -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ +++++ Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D Visit Debian reference http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/quick-reference/ There are 6 files: index.{en|fr|it}.html quick-reference.{en|fr|it}.txt I welcome your constructive criticisms and corrections.