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Error occurred updating skype

Asked by Maurizio

The following is the Update Manager detail shown during the unsuccessful Skype update in Ubuntu 7.10 :

(reading database ...
Preparing to replace skype 2.0.0.43-Omedibuntu2 (using .../skype_2.0.0.63-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement skype ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/skype_2.0.0.63-1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/share/icons/skype.png', which is also in package skype-common
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/skype_2.0.0.63-1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:

Does anybody know a way to overcome that impasse ?
Thanks in advance
Maurizio

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Best Robert El Helo (robertelhelo) said : 		#1

What helped me was uninstalling the "Skype" and "Skype Common" packages and after that installing only the new "Skype" package. Everything is working correctly now. Hope it works for you.

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Maurizio (maurizio-compagnoni) said : 		#2

Your suggestion worked perfectly.
Thanks a lot

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Maurizio (maurizio-compagnoni) said : 		#3

Thanks Robert El Helo, that solved my question.

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Robert El Helo (robertelhelo) said : 		#4

Glad I could help :-)