Problem: vim install fails during dist-upgrade and running sudo apt-get -f install gives the error below
syslog:/var/syslog-ng/wcs$ sudo apt-get -f install<br /> Reading package lists... Done<br /> Building dependency tree<br /> Reading state information... Done<br /> Correcting dependencies... Done<br /> The following extra packages will be installed:<br /> vim-runtime<br /> The following packages will be upgraded:<br /> vim-runtime<br /> 1 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.<br /> 44 not fully installed or removed.<br /> Need to get 0 B/4,888 kB of archives.<br /> After this operation, 412 kB of additional disk space will be used.<br /> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y<br /> (Reading database ... 64153 files and directories currently installed.)<br /> Preparing to unpack .../vim-runtime_2%3a7.4.052-1ubuntu3_all.deb ...<br /> Leaving 'diversion of /usr/share/vim/vim74/doc/help.txt to /usr/share/vim/vim74/doc/help.txt.vim-tiny by vim-runtime'<br /> Adding 'diversion of /usr/share/vim/vim74/doc/tags to /usr/share/vim/vim74/doc/tags.vim-tiny by vim-runtime'<br /> dpkg-divert: error: rename involves overwriting `/usr/share/vim/vim74/doc/tags.vim-tiny' with<br /> different file `/usr/share/vim/vim74/doc/tags', not allowed<br /> dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/vim-runtime_2%3a7.4.052-1ubuntu3_all.deb (--unpack):<br /> subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 2<br /> Processing /usr/share/vim/addons/doc<br /> Errors were encountered while processing:<br /> /var/cache/apt/archives/vim-runtime_2%3a7.4.052-1ubuntu3_all.deb<br /> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Fix
All of the issues seemed to be down to the doc folder, nuking it meant that the install completed successfully
sudo rm -fR /usr/share/vim/vim74/doc/
