Ouch. Hate when that happens. Reading your log closely, seems like an old package and a new package conflict on a particular file.
Run this: dpkg -P libpostproccvs51 Then apt-get -f install. Cheers, - dds Adam Bogacki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > for the last two or three weeks I have been getting the following error > messages, > making it impossible to upgrade or dist-upgrade in a mixed etch/unstable > system .. unless > I use '-f'. I have since commented out non-debian sources but the problem > persists. > > After some IRC discussion it was suggested that I have broken cvs pkgs > interfering with apt. I've deleted them but found them automatically > reinstalled > and the problem repeating itself. > > I did not manage to show all the error msgs during the IRC session so I > have posted them below > in the hope that someone can diagnose the problem and suggest a fix. > > Cheers > > Adam Bogacki, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Tohunga:~# apt-get -f install > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done > Correcting dependencies... Done > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer > required: > gcalctool libgail17 gnome-nettool libiksemel3 libsensors3 > gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly module-assistant libsnmp15 gucharmap > industrial-cursor-theme python-paramiko type-handling gnome-cards-data > libcppunit-1.12-0 gtk2-engines-pixbuf gnome-themes libpostproc1d > libtonezone1 gcc-3.4-base gaim-data gnome-utils libdevel-symdump-perl > libzrtpcpp-0.9.2deb0 libmusicbrainz4c2a python-qt3 fast-user-switch-applet > gnome-volume-manager vpb-driver-source libvpb0 gs-common gdb eog > gnome-backgrounds python-sip4 python-xdg bittorrent ttf-opensymbol icedax > rdesktop vino gnome-keyring-manager libio-zlib-perl liferea-xulrunner > libct3 gtkhtml3.8 asterisk-config libsnmp-base pmount gconf-editor > gnome-system-tools gtk2-engines-spherecrystal mkisofs > gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs libmpeg2-4 libpoppler-glib2 sound-juicer hplip-data > Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. > The following extra packages will be installed: > libavcodec51 libavutil49 libpostproc51 libswscale0 > The following NEW packages will be installed: > libavcodec51 libavutil49 libpostproc51 libswscale0 > 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 54 not upgraded. > 5 not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 1820kB of archives. > After this operation, 4407kB of additional disk space will be used. > Do you want to continue [Y/n]? > Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main libavutil49 0.svn20080206-8 > [50.0kB] > Get:2 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main libavcodec51 0.svn20080206-8 > [1643kB] > Get:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main libswscale0 0.svn20080206-8 > [79.1kB] > Get:4 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main libpostproc51 0.svn20080206-8 > [47.2kB] > Fetched 1820kB in 34s (52.2kB/s) > (Reading database ... 318222 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking libavutil49 (from .../libavutil49_0.svn20080206-8_i386.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/libavutil49_0.svn20080206-8_i386.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libavutil.so.49', which is also in package > libavutilcvs49 > Unpacking libavcodec51 (from .../libavcodec51_0.svn20080206-8_i386.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/libavcodec51_0.svn20080206-8_i386.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libavcodec.so.51', which is also in package > libavcodeccvs51 > Unpacking libswscale0 (from .../libswscale0_0.svn20080206-8_i386.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/libswscale0_0.svn20080206-8_i386.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libswscale.so.0.5.0', which is also in > package libswscalecvs0 > Unpacking libpostproc51 (from .../libpostproc51_0.svn20080206-8_i386.deb) > ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/libpostproc51_0.svn20080206-8_i386.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libpostproc.so.51.1.0', which is also in > package libpostproccvs51 > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/libavutil49_0.svn20080206-8_i386.deb > /var/cache/apt/archives/libavcodec51_0.svn20080206-8_i386.deb > /var/cache/apt/archives/libswscale0_0.svn20080206-8_i386.deb > /var/cache/apt/archives/libpostproc51_0.svn20080206-8_i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > Tohunga:~#
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