This should be fixed in Gutsy.
** Changed in: librep (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed = Fix Released
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[can-not-install] file overwrite error
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/92940
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Later observation, cannot install either bash-doc for almost the same
reason. Just that this time is about dir.old.gz instead of dir.old
Unpacking bash-doc (from .../bash-doc_3.2-0ubuntu7_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/bash-doc_3.2-0ubuntu7_all.deb
(--unpack):
I've come across a similar problem, when trying to install librep-doc
after installing vice.
Unpacking librep-doc (from .../librep-doc_0.17+svn20070119-2ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/librep-doc_0.17+svn20070119-2ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to