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I am getting this error while installing libav on ubuntu 14.04

(Reading database ... 357718 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libvpx/x264_0-1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking x264 (0-1) ... dpkg: error processing archive /home/prashant/libvpx/x264_0-1_amd64.deb (--install): trying to overwrite '/usr/local/bin/vpxdec', which is also in package libvpx 1:201605142355-git-1 dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /home/prashant/libvpx/x264_0-1_amd64.deb

Prashant Kumar
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  • Possible duplicate of [Can't install audacity because of cordova and nodejs?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34969782/cant-install-audacity-because-of-cordova-and-nodejs) – karel Mar 14 '19 at 11:53

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Try this:

sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite /home/prashant/libvpx/x264_0-1_amd64.deb

If "--force-overwrite" doesn't work, try "--force-all"

Federico Aguirre
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