package tcm [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/tcm.list] failed to install/upgrade: rewrite of `/usr/bin/psf', that is part of the package ww-scripts

[Costantino Giuliodori]

Binary package hint: tcm

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

$ apt-cache policy tcm
tcm:
  Installato: (nessuno)
  Candidato: 2.20+TSQD-4.2
  Tabella versione:
     2.20+TSQD-4.2 0
        500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages

What happened:
Installing the package tcm_2.20+TSQD-4.2_amd64.deb
unpacking it, apt report an error in the rewrite of the file /usr/bin/psf that was installed by the package ww-scripts.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: tentata sovrascrittura di `/usr/bin/psf', che si trova anche nel pacchetto ww-scripts
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: tcm None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/tcm.list]
SourcePackage: tcm
Title: package tcm None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/tcm.list] failed to install/upgrade: tentata sovrascrittura di `/usr/bin/psf', che si trova anche nel pacchetto ww-scripts
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic x86_64

[Florian Diesch (diesch)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better.

The packages tcm and ww-scripts both contain the file /usr/bin/psf so just one of them can be installed at a time.

According to http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=ww-scripts&searchon=names&suite=intrepid&section=all there is no package ww-scripts in Ubuntu intrepid. Because of this the Ubuntu project can not support or fix your particular bug. Please report this bug to the provider of the ww-scripts package. Thanks!

If you are interested in learning more about software repositories and Ubuntu the following pages should be informative:

1. http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/components - information about Ubuntu repositories
2. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories - information regarding managing repositories

I'm going to mark this bug as invalid as it is no really a bug in Ubuntu.