Problem Resolved - Was Re: Dependency Error == Unable to Install Anything Else

2007-10-02 Thread Scarletdown
On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 17:20 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 04:52:36PM -0700, Scarletdown wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 23:36 +0200, David Paleino wrote: > > > dpkg --force-overwrite > > > -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libpth20_2.0.7-8_i386.deb > > > > That worked. I

Re: Dependency Error == Unable to Install Anything Else

2007-10-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 04:52:36PM -0700, Scarletdown wrote: > On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 23:36 +0200, David Paleino wrote: > > dpkg --force-overwrite > > -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libpth20_2.0.7-8_i386.deb > > That worked. I was at least able to update the kernel. Now there's a > problem installing

Re: Dependency Error == Unable to Install Anything Else

2007-10-02 Thread Scarletdown
On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 23:36 +0200, David Paleino wrote: > dpkg --force-overwrite > -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libpth20_2.0.7-8_i386.deb That worked. I was at least able to update the kernel. Now there's a problem installing the latest nVidia video drivers. The kernel was compiled with GCC 4.1 a

Re: Dependency Error == Unable to Install Anything Else

2007-10-02 Thread David Paleino
Il giorno Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:00:29 -0700 Scarletdown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > > ... > > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libpth20_2.0.7-8_i386.deb > (--unpack): trying to overwri /usr/lib/libpth.so.20.0.27 which is also > in package libpth2. > > So, I am at a standstill

Re: Dependency Error == Unable to Install Anything Else

2007-10-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 02:00:29PM -0700, Scarletdown wrote: > I'm trying to install a new kernel (going from 2.8.18-3-k7 to > 2.6.22-2-k7) so that I can update my video drivers. However, I keep > getting this annoyance that causes anything I try to install to fail: > > You might want to run 'apt

Dependency Error == Unable to Install Anything Else

2007-10-02 Thread Scarletdown
I'm trying to install a new kernel (going from 2.8.18-3-k7 to 2.6.22-2-k7) so that I can update my video drivers. However, I keep getting this annoyance that causes anything I try to install to fail: You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet de

Re: unable to install anything

2004-08-03 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 02 Aug 2004, Curtis Vaughan wrote: [snip] > Of course I set up a swap partition. This computer has been running for > years with a swap partition. Tomorrow I can tell you exactly what size I > even gave it. However, I recently decided to update to sarge. I thought > everything was running

Re: unable to install anything

2004-08-02 Thread Curtis Vaughan
> Curtis Vaughan wrote: > >> On 02 Aug, 2004, at 16:07, Zaq Rizer wrote: >> >>> Curtis Vaughan wrote: >>> On 02 Aug, 2004, at 13:59, Zachary Rizer wrote: > --- Curtis Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Whenever I try to install any package or update, I >> get an error

Re: unable to install anything

2004-08-02 Thread Zaq Rizer
Curtis Vaughan wrote: On 02 Aug, 2004, at 16:07, Zaq Rizer wrote: Curtis Vaughan wrote: On 02 Aug, 2004, at 13:59, Zachary Rizer wrote: --- Curtis Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Whenever I try to install any package or update, I get an error, details of which are provided below. This is just an

Re: unable to install anything

2004-08-02 Thread Curtis Vaughan
On 02 Aug, 2004, at 16:07, Zaq Rizer wrote: Curtis Vaughan wrote: On 02 Aug, 2004, at 13:59, Zachary Rizer wrote: --- Curtis Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Whenever I try to install any package or update, I get an error, details of which are provided below. This is just an example of the point

Re: unable to install anything

2004-08-02 Thread Zaq Rizer
Curtis Vaughan wrote: On 02 Aug, 2004, at 13:59, Zachary Rizer wrote: --- Curtis Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Whenever I try to install any package or update, I get an error, details of which are provided below. This is just an example of the point at which an upgrade terminates. Preparing to

Re: unable to install anything

2004-08-02 Thread Curtis Vaughan
On 02 Aug, 2004, at 13:59, Zachary Rizer wrote: --- Curtis Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Whenever I try to install any package or update, I get an error, details of which are provided below. This is just an example of the point at which an upgrade terminates. Preparing to replace base-files 3.

Re: unable to install anything

2004-08-02 Thread Zachary Rizer
--- Curtis Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whenever I try to install any package or update, I > get an error, > details of which are provided below. > This is just an example of the point at which an > upgrade terminates. > > > Preparing to replace base-files 3.0.16 (using > > .../base-file

unable to install anything

2004-08-02 Thread Curtis Vaughan
Whenever I try to install any package or update, I get an error, details of which are provided below. This is just an example of the point at which an upgrade terminates. Preparing to replace base-files 3.0.16 (using .../base-files_3.1_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives