I have Ktorrent 1.2 installed, and I'm trying to upgrade to 2.0beta. I'm using Kubuntu 6.10 with the Kubuntu 5.10 i386 deb.

Heres the results I get in from Konsole:

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jeffery@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ sudo dpkg -i ktorrent.deb
(Reading database ... 74046 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace ktorrent 1.2-0ubuntu5 (using ktorrent.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement ktorrent ...
dpkg: error processing ktorrent.deb (--install):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/share/mimelnk/application/x-bittorrent.desktop', which is also in package kdelibs-data
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ktorrent.deb

Just type

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sudo dpkg -i -force-overwritte ktorrent_pkgname

dpkg is complaining about bittorrent mimetype - this way you'll associate all your torrent files with KTorrent with appropriate mime icon.

I had to spell/syntax check that command, but it did the job, I now have 2.0beta installed.

I had the same problem but this fix didn't work for me...

Never mind, I got it working. "--force-overwrite" (an extra '-' and one less 't') was what was needed.

Please remove x-bittorrent.desktop from ktorrent as kdelibs already carries it. The only difference between these two files is, that the kdelibs version has a ton more translations and ktorrent's one associates *.tor files as well. The latter one could be easily added to kdelibs' mimetype.

Furthermore it causes headaches for packagers.

markus wrote:Please remove x-bittorrent.desktop from ktorrent as kdelibs already carries it. The only difference between these two files is, that the kdelibs version has a ton more translations and ktorrent's one associates *.tor files as well. The latter one could be easily added to kdelibs' mimetype.

Furthermore it causes headaches for packagers.

Don't know, maybe we should do that.

Yes this needs to be done!

We will add a configure option so you can enable or disable the mimetype desktop file.

George wrote:We will add a configure option so you can enable or disable the mimetype desktop file.

I think that's too late...The debian package gives us an error on installation & fails.

LanceHaverkamp wrote:

George wrote:We will add a configure option so you can enable or disable the mimetype desktop file.

I think that's too late...The debian package gives us an error on installation & fails.

They haven't invented the time machine yet ...

I'm no expert, but I suspect the better solution is here:

markus wrote:Please remove x-bittorrent.desktop from ktorrent as kdelibs already carries it. The only difference between these two files is, that the kdelibs version has a ton more translations and ktorrent's one associates *.tor files as well. The latter one could be easily added to kdelibs' mimetype.
Furthermore it causes headaches for packagers.