I took the brute force approach and used dpkg --force-overwrite. It worked.
Best Regards, Allen On Tuesday 03 June 2008 16:04:37 allen wrote: > I was running 4.0.2. I started running the upgrade to 4.0.80 when I ran > into an issue with kdebase-runtime-data-common. The error message: > E: > /var/cache/apt/archives/kdebase-runtime-data- common_4%3a4.0.80-2_all.deb: > trying to overwrite > `/usr/share/desktop-directories/kde-development-translation.directory', > which is also in package kdebase-workspace-data > > From the comments in the change log for that package I see: "Install > desktop-directory files to kdebase-runtime-data-common (37 files)." > > Somehow I suspect that caused the issue I had since the error reports an > attempt to overwrite some files in a 'desktop-directories' folder. > > This has left the kdebase-runtime-data-common package broken. I am > wondering what my best option is? > > Best Regards, Allen > > -------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
