Yay! It worked! Thx,
baroof -----Original Message----- From: J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 3:54 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: dpkg error code (1) On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 03:37:35 -0800, Baroof Pender wrote: > but, how do I install the ncurses upgrade if my installer, dpkg, isn't > working?!?!? dpkg is working fine. It is refusing to install a package that overwrites files that already belong to another package, without explicitly being told that it is ok in this case. > Unpacking libopenldap-runtime (from .../ > libopenldap-runtime_1%3a1.2.12-1_all.deb) ... > > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ > libopenldap-runtime_1%3a1.2.12-1_all.deb (--unpack): > > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man5/ldapsearchprefs.conf.5.gz', which is > also in package libldap2 Do dpkg --force-overwrite -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libopenldap-runtime_1%3a1.2.12-1_all.deb and you should be fine. HTH, Ray -- ART A friend of mine in Tulsa, Okla., when I was about eleven years old. I'd be interested to hear from him. There are so many pseudos around taking his name in vain. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
