Public bug reported:
While upgrading from Ubuntu 6.04.1 to Ubuntu 6.10, with Opera installed
from the dapper-commercial repository, I received an error message:
"This upgrade requires that the /usr/X11R6/bin directory be removed and
replaced with a symlink. An attempt was made to do so, but it failed,
most likely because the directory is not yet empty. You must move the
files that are currently in the directory out of the way so that the
installation can complete. If you like, you may move them back after the
symlink is in place."
This is a very well-written error message, but expecting people to
follow these instructions themselves is still far beyond the realm of
most people who use computers. One possible solution is for the
installation process to create the new directory, then move the contents
of /usr/X11R6/bin/ to that new directory, *then* replace /usr/X11R6/bin
with a symlink.
Furthermore, the instructions don't actually work. Even after moving the
opera/ subdirectory out of the way, the dist-upgrade still fails, with a
message like "trying to overwrite /user/X11R6/bin, which is also used by
package opera". And if I use Synaptic to try uninstalling Opera first,
it wants me to uninstall half the world at the same time (including gdm,
gksu, update-notifier, and xserver-xorg).
** Affects: Ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Upgrade to Edgy fails ("Cannot remove /usr/X11R6/bin directory") if Opera is
installed
https://launchpad.net/bugs/68983
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