updating samba-common 3.0.22-1ubuntu3.3 to samba-common_3.0.25b-1_i386.deb ERROR
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How can I fix this error so I can do the update. Here is the error.
Preparing to replace samba-common 3.0.22-1ubuntu3.3 (using .../samba-common_3.0.25b-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement samba-common ...
dpkg: error processing ///home/mark/Documents/Downloads/samba-common_3.0.25b-1_i386.deb (--install):
trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/profiles', which is also in package samba
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
debconf: (Dialog frontend will not work on a dumb terminal, an emacs shell buffer, or without a controlling terminal.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
Errors were encountered while processing:
///home/mark/Documents/Downloads/samba-common_3.0.25b-1_i386.deb
RESULT=1
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the file /usr/bin/profiles is in both samba and samba-common
when upgrading only one of these packages you could upset the other, so the package manager stops you upgrading.
if you are sure that either
nothing will go wrong
or
that you can backtrack if it does
you use dpkg --force-overwrite
to install the samba-common