Debian - can't upgrade

[Jason Shein]

you could try 

dpkg: --force overwrite -i /var/cache/apt/archives/imagemagick...deb

I have had to use this command to repair a failed apt-get attempt, when
upgrading kdelibs-common

I cant remember where I found this, but I do remember all the warnings
;)


2004-04-24 at 15:18, Noah John Gellner wrote:
> I have been inspired by all the positve talk about Debian and started
> the install. Unfortunately, I have hit a snag. After installing a basic
> system, I want to upgrade the applications. I want to use unstable. I
> did and apt-get update and then an apt-get dist-upgrade. dpkg is
> crashing while trying to update imagemagick. The error is:
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/imagemagick_5%3a6.0.0.2-2_i386.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libMagick.la', which is also in packaged
> libmagick5
> 
> I have tried apt-get -f install, but it reports that there is nothing to
> do.
> 
> I tried to find a solution online, but to no avail. Any help greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> Cheers,
> Noah
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