J.S.Sahambi wrote: > I upgraded my sytesm (Debian/unstable) with dselect and i got the > following output. Is this some problem with distribution and how do I > remove it. > > I am not able to install any new program......... > :( first, install apt-listbugs. that way you'll get a list of bugs before the install (if anyone has reported this error already). this error is reported as bug #221944
I would try 'dpkg --force-depends -r python2.3' and then 'apt-get install python2.3' (use at your own risk), but first read the page about this bug, maybe they offer a better solution. Bye > > Thanking in advance > J S Sahambi > > > ******************************** > > > Need to get 0B/49.1MB of archives. > After unpacking 67.4MB of additional disk space will be used. > yo you want to continue? [Y/n] > Preconfiguring packages ... > (Reading database ... 128035 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace python 2.3.2-2 (using .../python_2.3.2-6_all.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement python ... > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/python_2.3.2-6_all.deb > (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/doc/python2.3/python-policy.html', > which is also in package python2.3 > dpkg: considering removing python in favour of python2.3 ... > dpkg: no, cannot remove python (--auto-deconfigure will help): > gadfly depends on python (<< 2.4) > python is to be removed. > dpkg: regarding .../python2.3_2.3.2-6_i386.deb containing python2.3: > python2.3 conflicts with python (<= 2.3.2-5) > python (version 2.3.2-2) is installed. > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/python2.3_2.3.2-6_i386.deb (--unpack): > conflicting packages - not installing python2.3 > dpkg: regarding .../python2.3-doc_2.3.2-6_all.deb containing > python2.3-doc: > python2.3-doc conflicts with python2.3 (<< 2.3.2-6) > python2.3 (version 2.3.2-2) is installed. > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/python2.3-doc_2.3.2-6_all.deb (--unpack): > conflicting packages - not installing python2.3-doc > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/python_2.3.2-6_all.deb > /var/cache/apt/archives/python2.3_2.3.2-6_i386.deb > /var/cache/apt/archives/python2.3-doc_2.3.2-6_all.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > Some errors occurred while unpacking. I'm going to configure the > packages that were installed. This may result in duplicate errors > or errors caused by missing dependencies. This is OK, only the errors > above this message are important. Please fix them and run [I]nstall again > Press enter to continue. > > ************************************ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
