slocale error

[vanaedium]

Hi
I have a problem with the package slocate_2.7-4_i386.deb into the install disk of ubuntu 5.10.
Wiyh synaptic I can't install it; the output is error type 2.
What is this package for? It needs for kubuntu desktop package

[whoiam55]

Re: slocale error

Try to install that program from command line (it will show you detail error message)
copy the deb file to computer then issue dpkg -i slocate_2.7-4_i386.deb, paste the error if can't figure it out.

[Lady Owl]

Re: slocate error

Got the same error on Kubuntu 5.10:

(Reading database ... 53348 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking slocate (from slocate_2.7-4_i386.deb) ...
Removing `diversion of /etc/cron.daily/find to /etc/cron.daily/find.notslocate by slocate'
dpkg-divert: rename involves overwriting `/etc/cron.daily/find' with
  different file `/etc/cron.daily/find.notslocate', not allowed
dpkg: error processing slocate_2.7-4_i386.deb (--install):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 slocate_2.7-4_i386.deb

So what can I do to this? I am too newbie to get it myself.

[sky]

Re: slocale error

In your place, I would do dpkg -i --force-all slocate_2.7-4_i386.deb
Don't do it if you don't know what you're doing, it can be harmfull. Just for me, this message means that it can't rename a cron task...

[Lady Owl]

Re: slocale error

Well, have to say I don't know...

What can it depend on, that it can't do the renaming?

[sky]

Re: slocale error

i don't really get the reason, it can be because you're not root (if you're not using sudo..)
Or the cron task is in use when you typed the command
Or the cron task doesn't exist
Maybe there's others, but I don't see...

[Lady Owl]

Re: slocale error

Interesting. Very interesting indeed.

I first checked some of the options. Sudo used, can't depend on that. The cron task exists in 3 identical copies - named find, find.notslocate and find.notslocate.dpkg-new.

Now tried the option --force-overwrite-diverted - did not help. (And I did this in the right directory.)
Then --force-overwrite - no better.
Finally, as you suggested, --force-all. And still got the same error message.

And this time I did this using the CLI, not from Synaptic.

[sky]

Re: slocale error

and did you try to remove the task from the crontab ?
Maybe if you would do so, it should be ok...