[plug] broken Software index

[Tomasz Grzegurzko]

On Jan 27, 2008 5:35 PM, landerson <lan89295 at bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:47:07 +0900
> "Patrick Coleman" <blinken at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jan 27, 2008 3:04 AM, landerson <lan89295 at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> > >
> > >  Gentlemen,
> > >
> > >  Have encountered the following problem   Software index is broken
> > >  Tried to affect a repair by using  "apt-get -f install"  but no luck.
> >
> > What errors are you getting when you try to install something?
> >
> > -Patrick
> >
>  Patrick,
>
>  Get the following messages
>  Unpacking libsane-extras (from ..../libsane-extras_1.0.18.16_i386.deb
>  dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/libsane-extras_1.0.18.16._i386.deb (--unpack):
>  E: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man5/sane-epkowa.5.gz', which is
> also in package iscan
>  dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (broken pipe)
>  Errors were encountered while processing
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/libsane-extras_1.0.18.16_i386.deb
>  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
>  Hope it is easy to resolve
>
>  Thank"s for the reply
>
>
>  Laurie
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It's telling you that the package "iscan" installed on your system manages
the file /usr/share/man/man5/sane-epkowa.5.gz. Now you're trying to install
libsane-extras and it's also trying to manage the file
/usr/share/man/man5/sane-epkowa.5.gz.

I'd probably do a
# dpkg --purge iscan
and then continue with your installation of libsane-extras.

Tomasz
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