J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote:
On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 20:16:25 +1100, Andrew Nesbit wrote:
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-base_1.0.2+20011202-1_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/share/texmf/xdvi/xdvi.cfg', which is also in
package tetex-bin
What happened,
If one package wants to overwrite files belong to another package, it needs
to declare a "Replaces:" relationship to that package. tetex-base doesn't,
and dpkg therefore refuses to overwrite.
Okay, cool.
and what can I do?
Check whether the bug has been reported yet, and if not, report it. In this
case, it has been reported already: http://bugs.debian.org/127596 .
You can work around the problem by passing the "--force-overwrite" flag to
dpkg, either by calling dpkg directly, or by having apt do it for you (e.g.,
create an /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99local containing
DPkg {
Options "--force-overwrite";
}
).
Thanks. I tried that and it worked. I'd better get into the habit of
checking the bugs database in future :-)
-Andrew
