[H-GEN] more debian apt-get fun.

[Mark Venz]

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Following on from a previous email,
I am trying to reinstall x in debian kind of way.
I have been running into errors of the type below.

my path to this point:

  522  echo $http_proxy
  523  apt-get update
  524  apt-get install task-x-window-system-core
  525  apt-get -f install
  526  apt-get -f install
  527  apt-get -f install
  528  apt-get update
  529  apt-get install task-x-window-system-core
  530  apt-get -f install
  531  apt-get install task-x-window-system-core
  532  apt-get install xserver-common
  533  apt-get -f instal
  534  apt-get -f install
  535  mv /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt /usr/old/X11R6/lib/X11/
  536  apt-get -f install
  537  apt-get -f install
  538  apt-get install xlibs
  539  apt-get install xlib6g
  540  apt-get install xlib6g-dev
  541  apt-get update
  542  apt-get -f install
  543  apt-get install task-x-window-system-core
  544  apt-get -f install
  545  apt-get install xfree86-common
  546  apt-get update
  547  apt-get install xfree86-common
  548  tasksel
  549  apt-get -f install
  550  apt-get -f install
  551  apt-get install xserver-svga
  552  apt-get -f install
  553  apt-get -f install
  554  apt-get install task-gnome-desktop
  555  apt-get install gnome-help
  556  y
  557  dselect update
  558  apt-get -f install
  559  dselect
  560  apt-get -f install
  561  apt-get remove gnome-help
  562  apt-get -f install
  563  ls /usr/share/gnome/help/help-browser/C/
  564  rm /usr/share/gnome/help/help-browser/C/help-browser.html
  565  apt-get -f install
  566  apt-get -f remove gnome-help
  567  apt-get update
  568  apt-get -f remove gnome-help
  569  apt-get -f install
  570  ls /var/cache/apt/archives/
  571  ls -l /var/cache/apt/archives/
  572  ls -l /var/cache/apt/archives/ | more
  573  apt-get -f install
  574  dpkg --remove gnome-help help-browser.html
  575  dpkg --purge gnome-help help-browser.html
  576  apt-get -f install
  577  dpkg --force-depends --remove gnome-help
  578  apt-get install gnome-help
  579  dselect update
  580  apt-get -f install
  581  cat >help
  582  ls
  583  ls -l
  584  history >sat11.30

The screen output after 580, and a whole stack above:
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 138  not upgraded.
112 packages not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/371kB of archives. After unpacking 907kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
(Reading database ... 51724 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking gnome-help (from .../gnome-help_1.4.0.1-1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-help_1.4.0.1-1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/share/gnome/help/help-browser/C/help-browser.html', which is also in package gnome-help-data
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-help_1.4.0.1-1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Sorry that there is so much text.

Thanks for any help to fix this problem.

Mark

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		after every stupid alternative has failed.
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