libpisock

[sjlinux]

I am not sure what I installed, but everytime I do a apt-get dist-upgrade, it downloads and unpacks, but doesn't set up any programs. I have to do an apt-get -f install to install the packages, except for libpisock.

Any help on this matter is appreciated.

<snip>
Preparing to replace libpisock8 0.11.7-7 (using .../libpisock8_1%3a0.11.5-4.ximian.1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libpisock8 ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libpisock8_1%3a0.11.5-4.ximian.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libpisync.so.0', which is also in package libpisync0
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libpisock8_1%3a0.11.5-4.ximian.1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@tux:/home/knoppix/sjlinux# Preparing to replace libpisock8 0.11.7-7 (using .../libpisock8_1%3a0.11.5-4.ximian.1_i386.deb) ...
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
</snip>

[Stephen]

Try cd /var/cache/apt/archives then dpkg -i --force-overwrite libpisock8_1%3a0.11.5-4.ximian.1_i386.deb that should overwrite the file that is preventing it from installing this done as root. BTW you should file a bug (http://bugs.debian.org) against the package it should not contain a file that is already on the system in another package.