Debian trying to overwrite add-shell with passwd

September 8th, 2007

Preparing to replace debianutils 2.8.4 (using …/debianutils_2.23.1_i386.deb) … Unpacking replacement debianutils … dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/debianutils_2.23.1_i386.deb (--unpack):  trying to overwrite `/usr/sbin/add-shell’, which is also in package passwd Errors were encountered while processing:  /var/cache/apt/archives/debianutils_2.23.1_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Simply run

dpkg -r --force all passwd apt-get -f install

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18 Responses to “Debian trying to overwrite add-shell with passwd”

1. mariutsch Says:
   November 4th, 2007 at 7:13 am

   Worked fine, thanks.

2. tim Says:
   January 3rd, 2008 at 9:56 am

   I had the same problem. Thank you very much.

3. Minken Says:
   September 19th, 2008 at 4:29 pm

   Thanks a lot Erik, it worked like a charm.

4. ewoh7nix Says:
   October 20th, 2008 at 7:39 pm

   well, it’s very usefull for me.
   thanks guys

5. NiteLite Says:
   November 22nd, 2008 at 3:24 pm

   Excellent. Works perfectly

6. dave Says:
   December 14th, 2008 at 10:34 pm

   this helped a lot, thanks.

7. RK Says:
   January 2nd, 2009 at 1:28 pm

   Helped me too. Thanks.

8. robert Says:
   February 19th, 2009 at 9:49 am

   Ah, that worked. Thanks!

9. jeremy Says:
   February 20th, 2009 at 1:56 am

   you made my day! thank you!

10. deco Says:
    February 22nd, 2009 at 4:01 pm

    thanks. works perfectly

11. FirK Says:
    February 23rd, 2009 at 8:44 pm

    Thanks! Works like charm!

12. Noir Says:
    March 14th, 2009 at 7:50 am

    Thanks! Works.

13. moileroi Says:
    March 23rd, 2009 at 8:10 am

    Thanks. Maybe this will help someone to find this site:
    dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/debianutils_2.30_i386.deb

14. gr8linux Says:
    April 8th, 2009 at 7:43 am

    Nice thanx

15. Adar Says:
    April 27th, 2009 at 4:18 am

    Helped me too. Thanks

16. Stacey Richards Says:
    June 13th, 2009 at 12:55 am

    Thank you so much, works great!

17. Marek Says:
    July 23rd, 2009 at 5:38 am

    +1
    Cheers for that

18. Mindless Says:
    August 30th, 2009 at 2:58 am

    Thanks! It Works!

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