[Kubuntu] kdelibs upgrade failure

[paul cooke]

On Thursday 05 May 2005 16:03, Sean Ryan wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-05-05 at 08:26 +1000, Anthony David wrote:
> > (Reading database ... 90275 files and directories currently installed.)
> > 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
>
> Hi Antony,
>
>
> This has been reported at
> http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-25294.html
>
> Personally I resolved this using :
>
> dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs-data_4%
> 3a3.4.0-0ubuntu3.1_all.deb
>
> KDE 3.4 has been working fine ever since.
>
> But check the above link for discussion on the best approach.
>
> This has also been reported as an upstream debian bug.  See
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-qt-kde/2004/12/msg00201.html for details
>

ah, so it's not an Ubuntu specific problem... I shall chill out now and cease 
pestering the Ubuntu security team to get it fixed... I just wish they'd 
remove the offending packages from the security repositories though and 
prevent other users from having to mess with synaptic to force the old 
package to be kept...