.deb packages are not upgradable

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#21 opened on Mar 14, 2026 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Assessment

Difficulty: 3/5
Estimated time: 1-2 days
Newbie friendliness: 45/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: debian, python
Domain: devops, operating-systems

Research direction

Reproduce the upgrade failure with the linked Cursor .deb packages, then start at captain's .deb installation path and compare its behavior with the working dpkg -i cursor_2.6.19_amd64.deb command. Done means upgrading the installed Cursor package succeeds without uninstalling the previous version or requiring a manual dpkg invocation.

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Description

I cannot upgrade Cursor .deb package using captain.
To replicate:

Download and install Cursor 2.6.18
Download and attempt install Cursor 2.6.19

The error message states it breaks compatibilty with existing package. The alternatives:

uninstall Cursor 2.6.18 first (very inconvenient); or just
dpkg -i cursor_2.6.19_amd64.deb (works fine)

Dominant language: Python
Stars: 24
Forks: 9
PR merge metrics: No merged PRs in 30d

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