On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Dave Sherohman wrote: > > Any suggestions? > > 1) apt-get -f install > > 2) dpkg --force-help Hey Dave, I've tried both of these, but no joy. I've been trying to get my 'apt-get upgrade' to work and this is what I'm getting: copland:/home/wilson# apt-get upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: konqueror: Depends: kdebase-libs (= 4:2.2.2-13) but 4:2.2.0.20010822-1 is installed xemacs21-bin: Depends: xemacs21-support (= 21.4.5-1) but 21.4.6-7 is installed Depends: xemacs21 (= 21.4.5-1) xemacs21-mule: Depends: xemacs21-bin (= 21.4.6-7) but 21.4.5-1 is installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f. copland:/home/wilson# apt-get -f install Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: kdebase-libs xemacs21-bin 2 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 391 not upgraded. 5 packages not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/2197kB of archives. After unpacking 360kB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] (Reading database ... 97451 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace kdebase-libs 4:2.2.0.20010822-1 (using .../kdebase-libs_4%3a2.2.2-13_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement kdebase-libs ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/kdebase-libs_4%3a2.2.2-13_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/share/applnk/Settings/Sound/arts.desktop', which is also in package kdebase dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Preparing to replace xemacs21-bin 21.4.5-1 (using .../xemacs21-bin_21.4.6-7_i386.deb) ... update-alternatives: unable to make /usr/man/man1/editor.1.gz.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/editor.1.gz: No such file or directory dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... update-alternatives: unable to make /usr/man/man1/editor.1.gz.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/editor.1.gz: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xemacs21-bin_21.4.6-7_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 update-alternatives: unable to make /usr/man/man1/editor.1.gz.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/editor.1.gz: No such file or directory dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/kdebase-libs_4%3a2.2.2-13_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/xemacs21-bin_21.4.6-7_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) It looks like there's a problem with the install/removal scripts. Am I reading this correctly. I've never had to dig into a deb before so I'm not sure. -Tim -- Tim Wilson | Visit Sibley online: | Check out: Henry Sibley HS | http://www.isd197.org | http://www.zope.com W. St. Paul, MN | | http://slashdot.org wilson at visi.com | <dtml-var pithy_quote> | http://linux.com