I paste here an error I received when attempting to install xlibs_4.2.1-6_i386.deb
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.2.1-6_i386.deb (--unpack) : trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults', which is also in package xscreensaver Analyzing /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults: drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 1024 Aug 12 2002 /usr drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 1024 Jun 2 2000 /usr/X11R6 drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 3072 Apr 29 11:08 /usr/X11R6/lib drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 1024 Apr 29 11:08 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Apr 29 11:08 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-d efaults ERROR: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults is not a symbolic link. The package preinst script should have failed. Please report the package name, version, and the text of the above error message(s) to <[email protected]>. Art Edwards -- Art Edwards Senior Research Physicist Air Force Research Laboratory Electronics Foundations Branch KAFB, New Mexico (505) 853-6042 (v) (505) 846-2290 (f)
