dpkg: error processing archive

[ctgcwiqc]

I have tried...
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get install -f
apt-get clean
apt-get autoremove
aptitude install redeclipse-data

All to no avail. see output from terminal below. Any ideas appreciated.

****@***********:/home/*****# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  redeclipse-data
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/781 MB of archives.
After this operation, 340 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 806515 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../redeclipse-data_1.5.1-1~getdeb2_all.deb ...
Unpacking redeclipse-data (1.5.1-1~getdeb2) over (1.5.1-1~getdeb1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/redeclipse-data_1.5.1-1~getdeb2_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/games/redeclipse/config/fonts/play.cfg', which is also in package redeclipse 1.5.1-1~getdeb1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/redeclipse-data_1.5.1-1~getdeb2_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

root@*****:/home/*****# apt-get upgrade redeclipse-data
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  redeclipse-data
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 781 MB of archives.
After this operation, 340 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/ trusty-getdeb/games redeclipse-data all 1.5.1-1~getdeb2 [781 MB]
Fetched 781 MB in 18min 44s (695 kB/s)                                         
(Reading database ... 806252 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../redeclipse-data_1.5.1-1~getdeb2_all.deb ...
Unpacking redeclipse-data (1.5.1-1~getdeb2) over (1.5.1-1~getdeb1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/redeclipse-data_1.5.1-1~getdeb2_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/games/redeclipse/config/fonts/play.cfg', which is also in package redeclipse 1.5.1-1~getdeb1
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[ctgcwiqc]

Well now after navigating I see that this is not the section to post this into. Mod please move to the appropriate location. Thanks.

[papibe]

Thread moved to General Help.

[Bashing-om]

ctgcwiqc; Hummm ...

'redeclipse' also installed from PPA such that there is a conflict ?
what returns:

apt-cache policy redeclipse

maybe yes

[ctgcwiqc]

*****@***********:~$ apt-cache policy redeclipse
redeclipse:
  Installed: 1.5.1-1~getdeb1
  Candidate: 1.5.1-1~getdeb1
  Version table:
 *** 1.5.1-1~getdeb1 0
        500 http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/ trusty-getdeb/games amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.4-5 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/multiverse amd64 Packages

[Bashing-om]

ctgcwiqc; Yepper;

What we have here is a conflict of interest.
Is there a particular reason you installed from PPA and want to keep " archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/ " ?

One or the other will have to be removed.

there can be only one

[sandyd]

ctgcwiqc; Yepper;

What we have here is a conflict of interest.
Is there a particular reason you installed from PPA and want to keep " archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/ " ?

One or the other will have to be removed.

there can be only one

Both versions are from getdeb:

redeclipse-data_1.5.1-1~getdeb2
redeclipse 1.5.1-1~getdeb1

so there shouldn't be a conflict

[ctgcwiqc]

I have had that PPA installed for months to get the latest update to Red Eclipse (V1.5) The Ubuntu repositories was still at (V1.4). This game has updated before with no problem. I have this exact setup on 4 laptops, mine is the only one with this problem that I am aware of. Thanks for the assistance.

[Bashing-om]

ctgcwiqc; Well ..

As I continue to think about this situation:

dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/redeclipse-data_1.5.1-1~getdeb2_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/share/games/redeclipse/config/fonts/play.cfg', which is also in package redeclipse 1.5.1-1~getdeb1

bk

dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/redeclipse-data_1.5.1-1~getdeb2_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/share/games/redeclipse/config/fonts/play.cfg', which is also in package redeclipse 1.5.1-1~getdeb1

bk

1.5.1-1~getdeb1 0
500 http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/ trusty-getdeb/games amd64 Packages

As it is your expressed desire to keep the PPA version; Let's try a less invasive method to upgrade the package:

dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq redeclipse
sudo apt-get update
apt-get install redeclipse

With the hope that " /var/cache/apt/archives/redeclipse-data_1.5.1-1~getdeb2" is removed from the data base;
'update' rebuilds the data base ;
and lastly that "install redeclipse" will install along with the new version of "redeclipse-data" .

looks reasonable to me

[ian-weisser]

--force-remove-reinstreq merely deletes the package record from the dpkg database. Files not otherwise removed may be left behind to foul a later install of the upgraded package.
So look carefully at any new error messages; might simply need to delete old cruft manually.