On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 08:15:23PM -0500, Jason Dorje Short wrote: > Package: libxft-dev > Version: 2.1.2-5 > Severity: normal > Followup-For: Bug #237509 > > I get a similar/same problem: > > dpkg-divert: rename involves overwriting `/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h' > with > different file `/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft1.h', not allowed > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libxft-dev_2.1.2-6_i386.deb > (--unpack): > subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2 > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/libxft-dev_2.1.2-6_i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > I assume your advice of "install manually with dpkg" still holds. But > how do you do that? When I run "dpkg -i <file>" on the file (in > /var/spool/apt/archives/) it gives the same error. >
in the meantime, do a: $ apt-get -f install $ dpkg -r --force-depends libxft-dev $ apt-get -f install and probably a: $ apt-get install libxft-dev - Christian
