[Solved] dpkg error installing iso-snapshot-antix

[Member techore]

Looking for guidance on trouble shooting and resolving

dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/iso-snapshot-antix_0.5.1_amd64.deb (–unpack):
trying to overwrite ‘/usr/share/pixmaps/iso-snapshot.png’, which is also in package iso-snapshot-cli 23.04.12.

apt install iso-snapshot-antix
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  iso-snapshot-antix
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded
Need to get 0 B/298 kB of archives
After this operation, 1,021 kB of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 72785 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../iso-snapshot-antix_0.5.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking iso-snapshot-antix (0.5.1) ..
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/iso-snapshot-antix_0.5.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/pixmaps/iso-snapshot.png', which is also in package iso-snapshot-cli 23.04.12
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned error code (1)

Thank you.

[Member Robin]

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Obviously both packages try to install the very same icon file, which is not possible.

As a workaround, try entering the following command before installing the second conflicting package:

dpkg-divert --package iso-snapshot-antix --divert /usr/share/pixmaps/iso-snapshot1.png --rename /usr/share/pixmaps/iso-snapshot.png

Then the installation should work fine, one of the icons will be renamed on installation, so the installer won’t complain and fail any longer.

Windows is like a submarine. Open a window and serious problems will start.

[Member techore]

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Neat! Not used dpkg-divert. I’ll do that for as a short-term solution instead of my initial plan to just delete the file.

Why does a cli need an icon? I don’t recall having the issue in the past. Odd. Was there a change in either package?

My first assumption was it was an oversight, but I didn’t want to assume thus the post, really,

[Member techore]

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Thank you, @anticapitalista for ee5b83d986a10ca1c49e9da3838af8bee65d56c9!

You are stealthy. 🙂

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@masinick, can you update OP to [SOLVED]? (I miss PMs)

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