trouble installing libdrm-dev

nemp · 01-27-2009, 06:30 PM

When I try to install libdrm-dev (I need it to compile video card driver) I get following error:

Code:

The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libdrm-dev
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 13 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/320kB of archives.
After this operation, 758kB of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 81298 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libdrm-dev (from .../libdrm-dev_2.3.1-2_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libdrm-dev_2.3.1-2_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/include/drm/drm.h', which is also in package linux-libc-dev
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libdrm-dev_2.3.1-2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
nemp@nemp-laptop:~$

I'm using SimpyMepis8 RC1
How can i fix this?
Thanks

jdkaye · 01-28-2009, 11:37 AM

Hi Nemp,
That's really strange. I checked in the file list of the linux-libc-dev package and there is no drm/drm.h file contained in that package, at least not in the debian package. Does Mepis have different files in their packages? WTF?
Maybe reinstalling the linux-libc-dev package will fix this. As I said, very strange.
Cheers,
jdk

nemp · 01-28-2009, 12:49 PM

Hi jdkaye,
Reinstalling the linux-libc-dev package didn't fix the problem. :S

knudfl · 01-28-2009, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Reinstalling the linux-libc-dev package didn't fix the problem.

The approach dealing with a bug like your "libdrm-dev problem"
could be as follows :

Uninstall 'linux-libc-dev' , next install 'ibdrm-dev'
and finally reinstall 'linux-libc-dev'

This "reverse order of package install"
sometimes circumvents the bug.

( I have had a similar situation with some other
packages, Debian 3, or an early Ubuntu, some years ago. )

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nemp · 01-28-2009, 02:02 PM

Hi knudfl,
I removed linux-libc-dev and then installed libdrm-dev, but now I cannot install linux-libc-dev again.
I get following error:

Code:

The following NEW packages will be installed:
  linux-libc-dev
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/784kB of archives.
After this operation, 4198kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  linux-libc-dev
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
(Reading database ... 78794 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-libc-dev (from .../linux-libc-dev_2.6.27-12mepis1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-libc-dev_2.6.27-12mepis1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/include/drm/mga_drm.h', which is also in package libdrm-dev
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-libc-dev_2.6.27-12mepis1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
nemp@nemp-laptop:~$

knudfl · 01-28-2009, 02:51 PM

OK, linux-libc-dev, are you sure, you need this package ?
Seems to be different from the genuine Debian and Ubuntu
packages, linux-libc-dev.
This package is not used much, so it may have low priority
for bug fixing. ( Resembles 'linux-headers' )
(( http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid-...linux-libc-dev ))

Quote:

This package provides headers from the Linux kernel. These headers are used by the installed headers for GNU glibc and other system libraries. They are NOT meant to be used to build third-party modules for your kernel. Use linux-headers-* packages for that.

Having the package in /var/cache/apt/archives/ it is possible
to make a copy to your /home , unpack it, unpack 'data.tgz'
( or unpack with 'dpkg -x <package> new_directory/ )
( Create the "new_directory" before unpacking )

Then remove conflicting headers ( if any ), repack the result
( usr/ ) to linux-libc-dev_2.6.27-13.tar.gz , next rename to
linux-libc-dev_2.6.27-13.tgz and finally :

# 'alien linux-libc-dev_2.6.27-13.tgz' to have a '.deb' again.
This is "cheating" but an easy way to make a package !

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