apt-get problem

[JoeHill]

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 11:11:35 -0500
David J Patrick <davidjpatrick-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org> uttered:

> Unpacking alsa-utils (from .../alsa-utils_0.9.6-1_i386.deb) ...
> dpkg: error processing 
> /var/cache/apt/archives/alsa-utils_0.9.6-1_i386.deb (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/alsamixer', which is also in package
>  knx-alsa
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/alsa-utils_0.9.6-1_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 
> error messages suggest "apt-get -f install", but that doesn't help.
> I've tried "apt-get dist-upgrade" and "apt-get remove knx-*" without 
> success.
> I.ve tried renaming `/usr/bin/alsamixer' (no-go) and now I'm stumped.
> 
> should I go into /var/cache/apt/archives/ and nuke offending entries ?
> 
> ideas ?

 I've run into similar situations in Mandrake.

You could "force" the install (is that the -f option?), though this is
never highly recommended, you would alway be able to reinstall
knx-alsa.

Were you able to rename /usr/bin/alsamixer, or do you mean you did but
it didn't help?

When you do apt-get remove knx-*, do you get an error message?

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