"linux-libc-dev conflicts with linux-kernel-headers" - what to do?

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hi, when installing a program (x-unikey), which depends on linux-kernel-headers, i tried to install it (linux-kernel-headers) and met that problem:

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debianTH:/home/tisina/Desktop# dpkg -i linux-kernel-headers_2.6.18-7_i386.deb
dpkg: regarding linux-kernel-headers_2.6.18-7_i386.deb containing linux-kernel-headers:
linux-libc-dev conflicts with linux-kernel-headers
linux-kernel-headers (version 2.6.18-7) is to be installed.
dpkg: error processing linux-kernel-headers_2.6.18-7_i386.deb (--install):
conflicting packages - not installing linux-kernel-headers
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-kernel-headers_2.6.18-7_i386.deb
debianTH:/home/tisina/Desktop#

what can i do now? plsss help!

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Re: "linux-libc-dev conflicts with linux-kernel-headers"

Submitted by saman on Mon, 2009-06-08 16:38.

You shoudl try installing linux-headers using apt-get or aptitude, which have package depndency solvers.

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