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kid1000002000
January 5th, 2011, 02:29 AM
I subscribe to the latest pidgin ppa and get this error when performing a synaptic update:

E: /var/cache/apt/archives/pidgin-data_1%3a2.7.9-1ubuntu0+pidgin1.10.10_all.deb: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin/protocols/16/facebook.png', which is also in package pidgin-facebookchat 1.67.1-1


Is this a bug, or something wrong with my computer? I have tried removing and reinstalling everything pidgin related.

shrijith1
January 5th, 2011, 05:28 AM
same with me too :(

kiddykoff
January 6th, 2011, 09:59 PM
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/pidgin-data_1%3a2.7.9-1ubuntu0+pidgin1.10.10_all.deb: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin/protocols/16/facebook.png', which is also in package pidgin-facebookchat 1.67.1-1

same here, i tried

sudo rm /usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin/protocols/16/facebook.png but it doesn't work.

I just tried

sudo apt-get remove pidgin
sudo apt-get install pidgin

i'm thinking it will do the trick

kiddykoff
January 6th, 2011, 10:06 PM
it worked for me.