xfce4-goodies crashes synaptic and gdebi

[jerryc]

As an old time xfce user, I love the goodies. However, after I installed them using synaptic, synaptic is broken. Fix broken packages doesn't work. Various apt commands don't fix it, either. I read on an earlier thread where somebody uninstalled then reinstalled the whisker menu, and that fixed it. Not for me.

Here's the error message, which I can't decipher, but devs and more expert users than me might be able to:

Code:

Preparing to unpack .../xfce4-whiskermenu-linuxlite_2.1.4-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking xfce4-whiskermenu-linuxlite (2.1.4-1) over (2.1.4-1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin_2.1.5-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin (2.1.5-0ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin_2.1.5-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/etc/xdg/xfce4/whiskermenu/defaults.rc', which is also in package xfce4-whiskermenu-linuxlite 2.1.4-1
dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin_2.1.5-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Setting up xfce4-whiskermenu-linuxlite (2.1.4-1) ...

Thank you for any help.

[supergamer]

Try this, it is a work around and you can get everything back if you need. Go to

/etc/xdg/xfce4/whiskermenu/defaults.rc

and rename the file to 1defaults.rc
Do this from

Code:

sudo thunar

from terminal to open root thunar. then try reinstalling the original whisker menu. That should fix things but it is smart to have a backup done before you start doing all of this stuff so you can revert back what you messed up.

[jerryc]

Worked like a charm, and even a noob could have followed your steps, superg. Thank you.