On 10/21/06, Steven Kurylo <sk@infinitepigeons.org> wrote:
> > dpkg -i flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.21.55-3v1ubuntu1_i386.deb
> > Selecting previously deselected package flashplugin-nonfree.
> > dpkg: regarding flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.21.55-3v1ubuntu1_i386.deb
> > containing flashplugin-nonfree:
> > flashplugin-nonfree conflicts with xfs (<< 1:1.0.1-5)
> > xfs (version 1:1.0.1-0ubuntu2) is installed.
> > dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.21.55-3v1ubuntu1_i386.deb
> > (--install):
> > conflicting packages - not installing flashplugin-nonfree
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.21.55-3v1ubuntu1_i386.deb
>
> Oh and if you do apt-get update; apt-get -f install it will try to
> download the missing package to fix your problem. Assuming its
> available from one for your apt sources.
There is no 'missing' package; there is a conflict between what is
installed (xfs) and what he wants to install (flashplugin-nonfree), so
I don't know if using -f would actually fix anything :) Uninstalling
xfs would be better if he's not actually using it.
CK
Received on Sat Oct 21 12:51:03 2006
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