[vox-tech] apt-get -f install fails to work

[Hai Yi]

thanks but nope, tried those 3 commands - it didn't work. The same error.
Will updating the source list help? BTW, my computer is 64bit.

Hai


On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 1:19 PM, Vincenzo Ampolo
<vincenzo.ampolo at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 08/06/2013 10:03 AM, Hai Yi wrote:
> > Hello there:
> >
> > I use ubuntu 12.10 and I use "apt-get -f install" to install the
> > dependencies. I ran into this recently:
> >
> > Unpacking libsvga1:amd64 (from .../libsvga1_1%3a1.4.3-33_amd64.deb) ...
> > dpkg: error processing
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/libsvga1_1%3a1.4.3-33_amd64.deb (--unpack):
> >   trying to overwrite shared '/etc/vga/dvorak-us.keymap', which is
> > different from other instances of package libsvga1:amd64
> > No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
> >                                                                dpkg-deb:
> > error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >   /var/cache/apt/archives/libsvga1_1%3a1.4.3-33_amd64.deb
> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> >
> >
> > I did some google and there used to be a bug triggering the error but
> > seemed fixed.
> >
> > I don't know why this happened and what the solution might be, please
> > kindly help.
> >
>
> Hi,
>
> It seems that you have a broken package. Try to:
>
> apt-get clean
> apt-get update
> apt-get -f install
>
>
> Best,
>
> > Hai
> >
> >
> >
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