[PD] weird error when installing pd

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On 01/28/2013 02:36 AM, IOhannes m zmölnig wrote:
> 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.

I've just uploaded all of the pd-extended 0.43.4 packages to apt.puredata.info
and signed them, so you should be getting an update and it should no longer
have either the "without verification" question or the conflict with 'cyclist'.

.hc