[ scummvm-Bugs-3557005 ] Install Error When Previous Version is Installed

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Bugs item #3557005, was opened at 2012-08-13 12:27
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Category: Launcher/Install
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Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
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Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Install Error When Previous Version is Installed

Initial Comment:
Version: 1.4.1-1 to 1.50
Platform: Linux - Ubuntu 12.04

Minor error when installing the new version of scummvm when you already have a previous version installed. I was using 'gdebi' to install the debian package and here is it's output.

Preparing to replace scummvm 1.4.1-1 (using .../scummvm_1.5.0-precise.1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement scummvm ...
dpkg: error processing /home/me/Desktop/scummvm_1.5.0-precise.1_i386.deb (--install):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/applications/scummvm.desktop', which is also in package scummvm-data 1.4.1-1
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /home/me/Desktop/scummvm_1.5.0-precise.1_i386.deb

Uninstalling scumm then reattempting obviously allowed it to work but some may not understand the problem and not do that.

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