Ubuntu12.04updateManager update failed with the following information: Unpackingsysvutils (from.../sysvutils_2.86.ds1-14.1ubuntu45.1_i386.deb)... dpkg: errorprocessing/var/cache/apt/archives/sysvutils_2.86.ds1-14.1ubuntu45.1
An error occurred while updating Ubuntu 12.04 update Manager. The information is as follows:
Unpackingsysvutils (from.../sysvutils_2.86.ds1-14.1ubuntu45.1_i386.deb )...
Dpkg: error processing/var/cache/apt/archives/sysvutils_2.86.ds1-14.1ubuntu45.1_i386.deb (-- unpack ):
Tryingto overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/mesg.1.gz', which is also inpackage sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu11.1
Noapport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Processingtriggers for man-db...
Errorswere encountered while processing:
/Var/cache/apt/archives/sysvutils_2.86.ds1-14.1ubuntu45.1_i386.deb
Solution:
Run the following command on the command line:
Sudo dpkg-I -- force-overwrite/var/cache/apt/archives/sysvutils_2.86.ds1-14.1ubuntu45.1_i386.deb
Sudo apt-get-f install
In this way, we can forcibly overwrite it.