Can't install Gnome

[chronosoft]

Hi there guys , I've had some problems trying to install gnome on XFCE CE... for some reason or another most things get downloaded + installed correctly... but apt-get can't seem to install
capplets-data_1%3a2.20.1-0ubuntu1_all.deb
gnome-control-center_1%3a2.20.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
gnome-utils_2.20.0.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb

log:
The following extra packages will be installed:
capplets-data gnome-control-center gnome-utils
Suggested packages:
esound-clients
The following NEW packages will be installed:
capplets-data gnome-control-center gnome-utils
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
104 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/6346kB of archives.
After unpacking 26.5MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 135491 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking capplets-data (from .../capplets-data_1%3a2.20.1-0ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/capplets-data_1%3a2.20.1-0ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/share/applications/gnome-network-preferences.desktop', which is also in package gnome-network-preferences
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Unpacking gnome-control-center (from .../gnome-control-center_1%3a2.20.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-control-center_1%3a2.20.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/gnome-network-preferences', which is also in package gnome-network-preferences
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Unpacking gnome-utils (from .../gnome-utils_2.20.0.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-utils_2.20.0.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/share/applications/gnome-screenshot.desktop', which is also in package gnome-screenshot
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/capplets-data_1%3a2.20.1-0ubuntu1_all.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-control-center_1%3a2.20.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-utils_2.20.0.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I've tried deleting the problem deb's from the /var/cache but to no avail

Thanks.

[Husse]

I think you have to run

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apt clean

and then remove the two .bin files in /var/cache/apt
You may also have to run

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sudo dpkg --configure -a

These are general solutions

[merlwiz79]

You have to remove 2 packages.

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sudo apt-get remove gnome-network-preferences gnome-screenshot

Then try

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sudo apt-get install -f

I believe that should work but if it doesn't try

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sudo dpkg --configure -a

[Husse]

Thanks merlwiz

[jcallough]

This was a big help to a very similar problem I was facing.

Thanks a lot as soon as I did:

sudo apt-get remove <package names where error code 1 was happening>

Everything was perfect! Thanks again!