- Package:
- element-desktop
- Source:
- element-desktop
- Submitter:
- Richard Levitte
- Date:
- 2026-08-30 07:45:03 UTC
- Severity:
- normal
Dear Maintainer,
when doing a normal 'apt upgrade' on Sid, I find that element-desktop
(currently at 1.11.110) can't be upgraded (for the moment, to 1.12.0),
see the following output:
Preparing to unpack .../element-desktop_1.12.0_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking element-desktop (1.12.0) over (1.11.110) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/element-desktop_1.12.0_amd64.deb (--unpack):
error creating hard link './usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/element-desktop.png': Invalid cross-device link
update-alternatives is /usr/bin/update-alternatives
A fact about my system that I imagine can be a cause for this issue is
that my /usr is a different device than my / :
$ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
...
/dev/nvme0n1p2 10218772 6139092 3539008 64% /
/dev/mapper/system-usr 472292536 17571644 430656280 4% /usr
Cheers,
Richard
But no:
$ sudo dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/element-desktop_1.11.111_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 536904 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../element-desktop_1.11.111_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking element-desktop (1.11.111) over (1.11.110) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/element-desktop_1.11.111_amd64.deb (--install):
error creating hard link './usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/element-desktop.png': Invalid cross-device link
update-alternatives is /usr/bin/update-alternatives
Processing triggers for mailcap (3.75) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.28-1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.18-2) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/element-desktop_1.11.111_amd64.deb