-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA224 > upgrade on my notebook machine went relatively uneventfully, so i > thought it safe to upgrade desktop machine. and boke everything to > the extent that i do not have x on the desktop machine at all. > > am running ubuntu-12.04LTS > > from a terminal, having added the specified lines to my sources.list > and commented out the old tde lines, i did: > > sudo apt-get update > sudo aptutide upgrade > > due to server congestion i had to run the latter several times. it > then specified a problem, to be solved by removal of libcal2b-trinity > and libqt-perl. > > the installation blows up in a fashion too long to list here -- i'd > have to type it in character by characer, and it includes "25 not > fully installed or removed" when i went back at it with sudo apt-get > dist-upgrade. that command blows up with: > > dpkg: error > processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/tdelibs-data-trinity_4%3a14.0.0-r1231-0ubuntu12.04.0+pr138_all.deb > (--unpack): > trying to > overwrite > '/opt/trinity/share/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/devices/cdrom_unmount_encrypt.png', > which is also in package kdebase-kio-plugins-trinity > 4:3.5.13.2-0ubuntu12.04.0+0 > dpkg-deb (subprocess): data was killed by signal (Broken pipe) > dpkg-deb (subprocess): error: subprocess <decompress> returned error > exit status 2 > Errors were encountered while > processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/tdelibs-data-trinity_4%3a14.0.0-r1231-0ubuntu12.04.0+pr138_all.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > not real sure how to proceed. ideas? > > thanks. > -- > dep I'd try this: dpkg -i --force-all /var/cache/apt/archives/tdelibs-data-trinity_4%3a14.0.0-r1231-0ubuntu12.04.0+pr138_all.deb dpkg --configure -a apt-get dist-upgrade The first command forces tdelibs to unpack over the old tdelibs, which should solve your conflict problems. I've run into this on a few machines myself but it was always due to me upgrading from R14 preliminary to R14 final, not from 3.5.13.x to R14. Tim -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iFYEARELAAYFAlSWJesACgkQLaxZSoRZrGF2tADeKEUEG13WMLFNg0p7nyeyc2V+ TpOJgo1X+pxekQDcDF1RnPSZYPxApuoqWf7U1fuBT9omgNbHdv8n5A== =3cO0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----