On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Georg Baum <georg.b...@post.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> Jacob Bishop wrote: > > > I am on Linux Mint 17, using the lyx-devel/release ppa. When I tried to > > install the regular system updates today using the update manager, it > > failed with the message, > > > > E:/var/cache/apt/archives/lyx_2.2.0-1~trusty~ppa3_amd64.deb: trying to > > overwrite '/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/lyx.svg', which is also > > in package lyx-common 2.1.4-1~trusty~ppa1 > > > > I'm not sure I understand what exactly the problem is or was, but I > > resolved the problem by running. > > It is a packaging error. lyx.svg should not be in > lyx_2.2.0-1~trusty~ppa3_amd64.deb, but in lyx- > common_2.2.0-1~trusty~ppa3_amd64.deb. In case I missed something and the > file was moved on purpose it was not done correctly: In this case the > package lyx (version 2.2.0) needs to declare a conflict against lyx-common > (versions older than 2.2.9). Then the package manager knows that the old > lyx-common needs to be removed before installing thew new lyx. > > > Georg > > That sounds like a very reasonable explanation. Thanks. Jacob
