Errors in aptitude dist-upgrade from Breezy

[Derek Broughton]

Janne Jokitalo wrote:

> I've got a slight problem dist-upgrading from Breezy to Dapper.
> 
> Whenever I'm trying to install ubuntu-desktop I get at some point this
> error message:
> 
> Unpacking libgl1-mesa (from .../libgl1-mesa_6.4.1-0ubuntu8_i386.deb) ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/libgl1-mesa_6.4.1-0ubuntu8_i386.deb (--unpack):
>  unable to create `./usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2': No such file or directory
... 
> I deleted the file from from apt's cache, and tried again, but the message
> is still the same. Apparently this file:
> 
>
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mesa/libgl1-mesa_6.4.1-0ubuntu8_i386.deb
> 
> is somehow faulty.
> 
> Can anyone else confirm this?

It would probably not be enormously helpful to you to know that it installs
for me... :-(

libGL.so.1.2 shows as being installed from that package, too.

You might try installing libgl1 and removing libgl1-mesa (looks like they
fulfill the same dependencies) - then if you really want the mesa library
install it afterwards.
-- 
derek