Re: apt-get stuck on libsane-extras

On 10 Jan 2008, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 09:18:44 +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > Apt-get is trying to install libsane-extras but it says: > > > > npacking libsane-extras (from .../libsane-extras_1.0.18.15_i386.deb) ... > > dpkg: error processing > > /var/cache/apt/archiv

Re: apt-get stuck on libsane-extras

On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 09:18:44 +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > Apt-get is trying to install libsane-extras but it says: > > npacking libsane-extras (from .../libsane-extras_1.0.18.15_i386.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/libsane-extras_1.0.18.15_i386.deb (--unpack): >

apt-get stuck on libsane-extras

Apt-get is trying to install libsane-extras but it says: npacking libsane-extras (from .../libsane-extras_1.0.18.15_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libsane-extras_1.0.18.15_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man5/sane-epkowa.5.gz', which is also i

Re: apt-get stuck SOLVED

David Bellows wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Heh, I solved my own problem with: > > apt-get --force-remove-reinstreq -r powermanga > > And it worked! Did you file a bug on powermanga? It needs to pre-depend on a recent version of dpkg. -- see shy jo

Re: apt-get stuck SOLVED

Hello everyone, Heh, I solved my own problem with: apt-get --force-remove-reinstreq -r powermanga And it worked! David Bellows David Bellows wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I'm running potato with a smattering of woody packages. I recently > tried to install the game "powermanga" from unsta

apt-get stuck

Hello everyone, I'm running potato with a smattering of woody packages. I recently tried to install the game "powermanga" from unstable using apt-get. It failed to install, here is the output (sorry, it's long): debian:/home/dave# apt-get install powermanga Reading Package Lists... Done Buildin