python-profiler for Python 2.6 fails to overwrite python2.5 lib
I have Ubuntu Lucid with the deadsnakes PPA added for Python 2.7, 3.2, and 2.5. I've since found that I need a profiler on my host, so I attempted to install it with "aptitude install python-profiler" but got this error:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
python-profiler
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/29.8kB of archives. After unpacking 188kB will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
(Reading database ... 72747 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking python-profiler (from .../python-
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/
trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Why is python-
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