On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 02:30:31PM +0200, hdcool wrote:
>
> hi, i just did an apt-get upgrade and i got this:
>
> ...
> Preparing to replace xfree86-common 4.0.3-4 (using
> .../xfree86-common_4.1.0-1_all.deb) ...
> ERROR: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt exists and is not a symbolic link. The
> lbxproxy package cannot be installed until this file is removed.
> Aborting installation of package.
> Please report the package name, version, and the text of the above error
> message(s) to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/xfree86-common_4.1.0-1_all.deb (--unpack):
> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> ....
>
> it asks me to report it, so this is what i do :)
That's a mistake; that variety of error message should not be reported
here.
Remove the file manually and move on. It would appear you had a copy of
rgb.txt on your system that was not managed by the packaging system.
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