[Kubuntu] kdelibs upgrade failure

[Sean Ryan]

On Thu, 2005-05-05 at 08:26 +1000, Anthony David wrote:
> (Reading database ... 90275 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace kdelibs-data 4:3.4.0-0ubuntu3 (using 
> .../kdelibs-data_4%3a3.4.0-0ubuntu3.1_all.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement kdelibs-data ...
> dpkg: error processing 
> /var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs-data_4%3a3.4.0-0ubuntu3.1_all.deb 
> (--unpack):
>   trying to overwrite `/usr/share/icons/default.kde', which is also in 
> package knetworkconf
> 
> 

Hi Antony,


This has been reported at
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-25294.html

Personally I resolved this using :

dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs-data_4%
3a3.4.0-0ubuntu3.1_all.deb

KDE 3.4 has been working fine ever since.

But check the above link for discussion on the best approach.

This has also been reported as an upstream debian bug.  See
http://lists.debian.org/debian-qt-kde/2004/12/msg00201.html for details


Cheers,
Sean