Please see my comment attached to the bug Brian Gurtler wrote: > I've reported the bug to xscreensaver and they said that it's a > backports issue > http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13299 > > John Dong wrote: > > >>Use dpkg --install --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives >>/electricsheep_2.6.2-1~5.04ubp1_i386.deb to install the package. >> >>Unfortunately, two different versions of Electricsheep are present in >>two package (xscreensaver and electricsheep) -- APT doesn't like to >>assume that you'd want to overwrite existing files, so drops out at >>this error. >> >>this is an upstream packaging bug that can't be solved via the >>Backports team. If it really bothers you, file a bug against either >>electricsheep or xscreensaver in Ubuntu's Bugzilla. >> >> >>On 9/9/05, *Brian Gurtler* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >> could someone do a backport of this? >> the version currently in backports [2.6.2] hasn't ever worked do >> to some >> kind of error.. >> >> Unpacking electricsheep (from >> .../electricsheep_2.6.2-1~5.04ubp1_i386.deb) ... >> dpkg: error processing >> /var/cache/apt/archives/electricsheep_2.6.2-1~5.04ubp1_i386.deb >> (--unpack): >> trying to overwrite >> `/usr/share/xscreensaver/config/electricsheep.xml', >> which is also in package xscreensaver >> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) >> Errors were encountered while processing: >> /var/cache/apt/archives/electricsheep_2.6.2-1~5.04ubp1_i386.deb >> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) >> >> -- >> ubuntu-backports mailing list >> [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-backports >> <http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-backports> >> >> >
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