[Linux-disciples] kdslibs-data install overwriting OpenOffice files

[Adam Kessel]

It's a packaging error.  The MIME information for openoffice.org calc
(spreadsheet files) was accidentally included in two different packages.
You should make sure someone has reported the bug.

You could either:

- wait for it to get fixed
- get the kdelibs-data source and fix it yourself (omit the oo file)
- manually install kdelibs-data with a --force option on dpkg, which will
  overwrite the file

On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 08:24:08AM -0500, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> I'm experiencing this bug:
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=233700
> 
> I get this error when I do an apt-get upgrade:
> 
> /*
> Unpacking replacement kdelibs-data ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs-data_4%3a3.2.1-1_all.deb
> (--unpack): trying to overwrite
> `/usr/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.sun.xml.calc.desktop',
> which is also in package openoffice.org
> */
> 
> It's not clear from the bug report what I'm supposed to do
> to stop getting this error. Any ideas?
> 
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Adam Kessel
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