Cannot install extensions required for GNOME Shell themes
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Published on 2012-05-28T06:18:40Z
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I keep getting this output:
soham@fortress:~$ sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions gnome-tweak-tool
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
gnome-tweak-tool is already the newest version.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
gnome-shell-extensions
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 43 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/121 kB of archives.
After this operation, 849 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 179291 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking gnome-shell-extensions (from .../gnome-shell-extensions_3.4.1~git20120508.dfd7191a-0ubuntu1~12.04~ricotz0_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-shell-extensions_3.4.1~git20120508.dfd7191a-0ubuntu1~12.04~ricotz0_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-shell-extensions.mo', which is also in package gnome-shell-extensions-common 3.2.0-0ubuntu1~oneiric1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-shell-extensions_3.4.1~git20120508.dfd7191a-0ubuntu1~12.04~ricotz0_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Update: Fixed that. Now GNOME Tweak Tool shows me an exclamation mark beside the extension enable button, saying "Extension doesn't support shell version". My GNOME shell is already the latest version. Help!
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