Hi Johan, On Mon, 2025-02-10 at 20:11 +0100, Johann Glaser wrote: > Package: lazarus-ide > Version: 3.8+dfsg1-7 > Severity: important > > Dear Maintainer, > > Installing Lazarus 3.8 causes problems (IIRC since the first subversion > 3.8+dfsg1-1). Yes, the first versions of Lazarus 3.8 were affected by a bug causing this kind of issue. However this bug was solved. > > I used "aptitude" to update, but also on the command line with "dpkg" I > get the same errors: Can you give a bit more precision? 1. What aptitude command did you use exactly? 2. What version was already installed before you execute that command? > > # dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/lcl-units-3.8_3.8+dfsg1-7_amd64.deb > /var/cache/apt/archives/lazarus-ide-3.8_3.8+dfsg1-7_amd64.deb > (Reading database ... 646108 files and directories currently > installed.) > Preparing to unpack .../lcl-units-3.8_3.8+dfsg1-7_amd64.deb ... > Unpacking lcl-units-3.8 (3.8+dfsg1-7) over (3.8+dfsg1-6) ... > dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/lcl- > units-3.8_3.8+dfsg1-7_amd64.deb (--install): > trying to overwrite > '/usr/lib/lazarus/3.8/components/IdeInspector/ideinspector.lpk', which > is also > ... Can you please check the content of cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/lazarus-src-3.8.preinst > > When I install with --force-all, it works with numerous warnings: > > # dpkg -i --force-all /var/cache/apt/archives/lcl- > units-3.8_3.8+dfsg1-7_amd64.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/lazarus- > ide-3.8_3.8+dfsg1-7_amd64.deb > (Reading database ... 646108 files and directories currently > installed.) > Preparing to unpack .../lcl-units-3.8_3.8+dfsg1-7_amd64.deb ... > Unpacking lcl-units-3.8 (3.8+dfsg1-7) over (3.8+dfsg1-6) ... > dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled: > dpkg: warning: trying to overwrite > '/usr/lib/lazarus/3.8/components/IdeInspector/ideinspector.lpk', which > ... > also in > package lazarus-src-3.8 (3.8+dfsg1-7) > Setting up lcl-units-3.8 (3.8+dfsg1-7) ... > Setting up lazarus-ide-3.8 (3.8+dfsg1-7) ... > update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/lazarus/3.8/startlazarus to provide > /usr/bin/lazarus-ide (lazarus-ide) in auto mode > ... Does it work with this? > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: trixie/sid > APT prefers stable-security > APT policy: (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, > 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > Foreign Architectures: i386 > .... > lazarus-ide recommends no packages. > > lazarus-ide suggests no packages. > ... Will it be possible to uninstall (maybe purge) all lazarus/lcl packages and install again? I just installed a fresh version of 3.8 over a 3.6 and it went as expected. -- Cheers, Abou Al Montacir
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