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I am trying hard! to update the gcc-msp430 compiler on my ubuntu, but it does not work (I guess because of the older version of the same compiler that is already installed). Here is the command I used as well as the output.

saeid@saeid-Satellite-C660:~$ sudo dpkg --force-all -i ~/Downloads/gcc-msp430_4.6.3~mspgcc-20120406-3_i386.deb; sudo apt-get -f install
[sudo] password for saeid: 
(Reading database ... 164599 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking gcc-msp430 (from .../gcc-msp430_4.6.3~mspgcc-20120406-3_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
 trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/msp430-cpp', which is also in package msp430-gcc-tinyos 4.5.3-20110821
dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
 trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/msp430-gcc', which is also in package msp430-gcc-tinyos 4.5.3-20110821
dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
 trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/msp430-gcov', which is also in package msp430-gcc-tinyos 4.5.3-20110821
dpkg: gcc-msp430: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you requested:
 gcc-msp430 depends on msp430mcu; however:
  Package msp430mcu is not installed.
 gcc-msp430 depends on binutils-msp430 (>= 2.21~); however:
  Package binutils-msp430 is not installed.
Setting up gcc-msp430 (4.6.3~mspgcc-20120406-3) ...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  binutils-msp430 msp430mcu
Suggested packages:
  msp430-libc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  binutils-msp430 msp430mcu
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/11.1 MB of archives.
After this operation, 57.1 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 164845 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking msp430mcu (from .../msp430mcu_20110613-3_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/msp430mcu_20110613-3_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/msp430/lib/msp430mcu.spec', which is also in package msp430mcu-tinyos 20110613-20110821
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Unpacking binutils-msp430 (from .../binutils-msp430_2.22~msp20110716p5-1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/binutils-msp430_2.22~msp20110716p5-1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/msp430-strip', which is also in package msp430-binutils-tinyos 2.21.1-20110821
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/msp430mcu_20110613-3_all.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/binutils-msp430_2.22~msp20110716p5-1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Please let me know if you need more information (I don’t know what to provide at this point).

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    Have you tried to uninstall the already installed compiler, And then install the new one?
    – blade19899
    Sep 13, 2012 at 8:10
  • Well I don't know how to uninstall the pervious package. I couldn't find it in software manager
    – Dumbo
    Sep 13, 2012 at 8:34
  • try sudo apt-get remove gcc*?
    – blade19899
    Sep 13, 2012 at 10:35
  • Thanks blade, I could install the package after uninstalling the previous version with the command you gave! You may post it as answer so I can mark it.
    – Dumbo
    Sep 13, 2012 at 13:27

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Run this to remove the older gcc compiler

sudo apt-get remove gcc*

and then

sudo dpkg --force-all -i ~/Downloads/gcc-msp430_4.6.3~mspgcc-20120406-3_i386.deb; sudo apt-get -f install

:)

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