[PD] weird error when installing pd

[IOhannes m zmölnig]

On 01/28/2013 05:43, Pagano, Patrick wrote:
> Installing pd on linux from the website directions i get
>
> Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
> (Reading database ... 166579 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking pd-extended (from .../pd-extended_0.43.1~20120926-1~quantal1_i386.deb) ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/pd-extended_0.43.1~20120926-1~quantal1_i386.deb (--unpack):
>   trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/cyclist', which is also in package cyclist 0.1~alpha55-6
> dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>   /var/cache/apt/archives/pd-extended_0.43.1~20120926-1~quantal1_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

there's an implicit package conflict (both "pd-extended" and "cyclist" 
try to install the same file and you try to install both packages at the 
same time).
usually, this is handled by marking the two packages to conflict with 
each other (make them mutually exclusive), or rather: mark one of the 
packages conflict with the other.

it seems that the pdx package does not have such a conflicts line, which 
i guess is a bug.

in the meantime, you can simply manually remove the "cyclist" package 
and install pdx only after that.

fgmasdr
IOhannes