apt-get upgrade error

[James Gray]

On Sun, 1 May 2005 04:07 pm, Ildefonzo Arocha wrote:
> Hello
>
> I am trying to do a apt-get upgrade under Hoary but I keep getting this
> error:
>
> Preparing to replace kdelibs-data 4:3.4.0-0ubuntu3
> (using .../kdelibs-data_4%3a3.4.0-0ubuntu3.1_all.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement kdelibs-data ...
> dpkg: error
> processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs-data_4%3a3.4.0-0ubuntu3.1_all.deb
> (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite `/usr/share/icons/default.kde', which is also in
> package knetworkconf
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs-data_4%3a3.4.0-0ubuntu3.1_all.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> Anyone what is this and how to fix it?

There is heaps on this by simply googling - that's how I got the answer.  
But for the archives:
1. apt-get remove knetworkconf
2. apt-get upgrade
3. apt-get install knetworkconf

In short, the upgraded kdelibs is slightly "broken".

Cheers,

> hmm, one final question ... what is that /var/cache directory for?

Cached stuff?  Like all the downloaded deb's that apt/dpkg 
use. /var/cache/apt/archives contains all the downloaded file that apt 
installs from network repositories (as opposed to CD's etc).  /var/cache is 
used by a number of programs for cache data, like apache and razor/pyzor 
etc.

HTH,

James
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