Nginx update problem

[Sergey Budnevitch]

On 9  Sep2013, at 13:51 , litux <nginx-forum at nginx.us> wrote:

> When trying to update the nginx package on debian 8.0 jessie
> 
> This is the error message
> 
> `Preparing to replace nginx 1.4.1-3 (using
> .../nginx_1.4.2-1~squeeze_amd64.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement nginx ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/nginx_1.4.2-1~squeeze_amd64.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite '/etc/logrotate.d/nginx', which is also in package
> nginx-common 1.4.1-3
> dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/nginx_1.4.2-1~squeeze_amd64.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)`
> 
> These nginx packages are installed
> 
> ii  nginx                                 1.4.1-3                         
> all          small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server
> ii  nginx-common                          1.4.1-3                         
> all          small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server - common files
> ii  nginx-full                            1.4.1-3                         
> amd64        nginx web/proxy server (standard version)
> 
> These are the apt sources for nginx 
> 
> deb http://nginx.org/packages/debian/ squeeze nginx
> deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/debian/ squeeze nginx
> 
> Any ideas how to solve this problem, as I understand can't upgrade the apt
> sources for nginx as these are not working

Debian nginx packages (nginx, nginx-common and nginx-full) conflict with our nginx package.
a) nginx_1.4.2-1~squeeze_amd64.deb was not tested on debian 8.0 jessie, use it at your own risk.
b) remove nginx, nginx-common and nginx-full and try to reinstall.