I can't upgrade or remove packages due to this error. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, here is the info from x-terminal:

Nokia-N900:~# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
pcsxrearmed
The following NEW packages will be installed:
pcsxrearmed
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/423kB of archives.
After this operation, 889kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 29018 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking pcsxrearmed (from .../pcsxrearmed_0.4_armel.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/pcsxrearmed_0.4_armel.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/opt/maemo/usr/games/pcsx', which is also in package pcsx-m
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/pcsxrearmed_0.4_armel.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Nokia-N900:~#

Remove pcsx-m, or whatever the name of the previous playstation emulator is that you installed, first.

Thanks, but I tried that but still returning the same error with any paclage i want to remove even unrelated packages.

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i figured it out thanks for the help

Perhaps you could actually post the solution you found, so that anyone else with the same issue in future can fix it as well?

I also have the same issue.. while installing Shortcutd my battery gave up, now i cant remove or install shortcutd, in settings the shortcud panel is there also...any help appriciated

ps: tried HAM/ FAM,
apt-get remove/ install/update/upgrade..etc (-f)..(in root)

seme error

dpkg: error processing shortcutd (--remove)
supbrocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

...etc etc

Is there any way to delete the app manually and force reinstall it ?

thanks.
Nkirk.

Try Note that if this works, the system will forget about the package and perhaps leave a few files behind.

Alternatively, it can be useful to see the exact dpkg error and on the n900 I don't think this gets logged in /var/log... (may be wrong there). So, if you can find the deb in /var/cache/apt/archive/ or download it somewhere and do
then you might get a precise idea of why it fails...

Yeah sorry bout that, for me it was pcsx-m that was causing conflicts trying to install psx4m, and as a result caused an error when trying to remove or install other packages. I had to remove psx4m, it allowed me to do that, then remove pcsx-m then install psx4m again. sorry for neglecting to post solution. Thanks for pointing that out Rob1n

Hey Guys,

I m facing the same problem.. I tried to install preenv, tried to do autoremove as well... but i m getting the same error.

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

please help me out to give me the steps for solving this problem..

Regards

Sahil Khiwani

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