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acroread package

cannot install adobe acroread 9.1

Bug #360054 reported by mihalis on 2009-04-12

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #359518: acroread failed to update, trying to overwrite acroread.1.gz. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	acroread (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: acroread

Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 220735 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace acroread 8.1.3-0medibuntu0.8.10.2 (using .../acroread_9.1.0-7intrepid1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement acroread ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/acroread_9.1.0-7intrepid1_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/acroread.1.gz', which is also in package acroread-debian-files
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/acroread_9.1.0-7intrepid1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/acroread.1.gz', which is also in package acroread-debian-files
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: acroread 8.1.3-0medibuntu0.8.10.2
SourcePackage: acroread
Title: package acroread 8.1.3-0medibuntu0.8.10.2 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/acroread.1.gz', which is also in package acroread-debian-files
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-server i686

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mihalis (mveletas-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2009-04-12:

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Arve (bjerknes-arve) wrote on 2009-04-13: Re: [Bug 360054] Re: cannot install adobe acroread 9.1

This worked for me. Thanks a lot !

2009/4/12 Lionel Le Folgoc <email address hidden>

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 359518 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/359518
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 359518
> acroread failed to update in 8.10
>
> --
> cannot install adobe acroread 9.1
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/360054
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug (via bug 359518).
>
> Status in “acroread” source package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: acroread
>
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> (Reading database ... 220735 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace acroread 8.1.3-0medibuntu0.8.10.2 (using
> .../acroread_9.1.0-7intrepid1_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement acroread ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/acroread_9.1.0-7intrepid1_i386.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/acroread.1.gz', which is also in
> package acroread-debian-files
> Processing triggers for man-db ...
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/acroread_9.1.0-7intrepid1_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
>
> ProblemType: Package
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
> ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/acroread.1.gz',
> which is also in package acroread-debian-files
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: acroread 8.1.3-0medibuntu0.8.10.2
> SourcePackage: acroread
> Title: package acroread 8.1.3-0medibuntu0.8.10.2 failed to install/upgrade:
> trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/acroread.1.gz', which is also in
> package acroread-debian-files
> Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-server i686
>