On Monday 24 September 2007 14:30, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 01:56:59PM -0700, tom arnall wrote: > > On Monday 24 September 2007 13:19, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 01:06:16PM -0700, tom arnall wrote: > > > > I am trying to do an upgrade to my debian etch system and get the > > > > following error message. What should I do about it. (i did an update > > > > just before the upgrade attempt.) > > > > > > > > > > > > Unpacking replacement x11-common ... > > > > dpkg: error > > > > processing /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.1.0-19_i386.deb > > > > (--unpack): > > > > trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/bin', which is also in package > > > > pythonol > > > > > > it looks like pythonol is a spanish language learning tool written in > > > python, but its not in the debian repositories. Where did it come from > > > and why the heck does it muck around in /usr/X11R6/bin? It definitely > > > shouldn't do that, but being outside of standard debian, who > > > knows. You can force it with > > > > > > dpkg --force-overwrite <package> > > > > > > but be forewarned that forcing anything is bad and you should try to > > > find what's going on with pythonol. > > > > is there any way to have the update ignore pythonol? I don't recognize > > it. And def'ly don't want to do a force. > > well, that's exactly what the force does -- it ignores the fact that > pythonol claims to own that directory and goes ahead and lets > x11-common overwrite it, which is surely a good thing in this > case. There is a more fundamental issue here though: namely, where did > pythonol come from if you don't recognise it. > > you should be looking at things like: > > dpkg -l python\* > > apt-cache search pythonol > > apt-cache show pythonol > > dpkg -L pythonol > > etc and see if you can figure that one out. > > A
Andrew, Thanks very much for the prodding to deal with pythonol directly. Actually, I just removed it from the system and the upgrade went fine. tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
