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thenerdal · 05-10-2011 10:18 AM

So I'm trying to install VBA-M and I use the deb installer but it gives me an error:

Code:

Selecting previously deselected package vbam-sdl.

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Unpacking vbam-sdl (from .../vbam-sdl_1.8.0.1001-1_i386.deb) ...

dpkg: error processing /home/adrian/Downloads/vbam-sdl_1.8.0.1001-1_i386.deb (--install):

 trying to overwrite '/etc/vbam.cfg', which is also in package visualboyadvance-m 1.8.0.877-1

dpkg-deb (subprocess): data: internal gzip write error: Broken pipe

dpkg-deb (subprocess): failed in write on buffer copy for failed to write to pipe in copy: Broken pipe

dpkg-deb: error: subprocess <decompress> returned error exit status 2

Errors were encountered while processing:

 /home/adrian/Downloads/vbam-sdl_1.8.0.1001-1_i386.deb

How can I fix this?
Thanks!

Nevermind, fixed it.

Universal · 05-10-2011 12:48 PM

Did you install it as a super user? as in type in sudo in front of the install command?

Edit: Glad you fixed it.

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