fontconfig install help

[Marius Gedminas]

On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 09:08:12AM -0400, Eric Vanderveer wrote:
> Update Manager is trying to update fontconfig but I get this error when
> it trys.  
> 
> Fontconfig error: "conf.d", line 1: no element found
> Fontconfig warning: line 73: unknown element "cachedir"
> Fontconfig warning: line 74: unknown element "cachedir"
> fc-cache: symbol lookup error: fc-cache: undefined symbol:
> FcDirCacheLoad
...
> Unpacking replacement fontconfig ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/fontconfig_1%
> 3a2.2.3.x.1-19_i386.deb (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man5/fonts-conf.5.gz', which is
> also in package fontconfig-config
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/fontconfig_1%3a2.2.3.x.1-19_i386.deb

There's no fontconfig version 1:2.2.3.x.1-19 in Ubuntu.  You have a 3rd
party repository in your /etc/apt/sources.list that breaks your system.
I suggest you remove it.  'apt-cache policy fontconfig' may help you see
which one it is.

Marius Gedminas
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