dpkg in feisty doesnt work properly after dpkg fails on updates/installing apps.

Binary package hint: dpkg

When doing upgrades one upgrade failed to overwrite a file. So i tried sudo dpkg --configure -a and it told me -o is not an option. the following is the commands that were ran.

Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  totem-xine-dbgsym
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  mscompress
The following packages will be upgraded:
  cupsys-driver-gutenprint foo2zjs gimp-print libgutenprint2
  libgutenprintui2-1 libtotem-plparser1 python-central totem totem-mozilla
  totem-xine
10 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 4614kB of archives.
After unpacking 2060kB disk space will be freed.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main libgutenprint2 5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu2 [917kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main cupsys-driver-gutenprint 5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu2 [1002kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main mscompress 0.3-2 [7870B]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main foo2zjs 20061224-0ubuntu3 [998kB]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main libgutenprintui2-1 5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu2 [131kB]
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main gimp-print 5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu2 [113kB]
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main libtotem-plparser1 2.18.0-0ubuntu2 [42.2kB]
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main python-central 0.5.12ubuntu3 [32.6kB]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe totem-xine 2.18.0-0ubuntu2 [1340kB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main totem 2.18.0-0ubuntu2 [15.5kB]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main totem-mozilla 2.18.0-0ubuntu2 [15.2kB]
Fetched 4614kB in 3m9s (24.4kB/s)
(Reading database ... 188101 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing totem-xine-dbgsym ...
(Reading database ... 188090 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libgutenprint2 5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu1 (using .../libgutenprint2_5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libgutenprint2 ...
Preparing to replace cupsys-driver-gutenprint 5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu1 (using .../cupsys-driver-gutenprint_5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement cupsys-driver-gutenprint ...
Selecting previously deselected package mscompress.
Unpacking mscompress (from .../mscompress_0.3-2_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mscompress_0.3-2_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/msexpand', which is also in package foo2zjs
Preparing to replace foo2zjs 20061224-0ubuntu2 (using .../foo2zjs_20061224-0ubuntu3_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement foo2zjs ...
Preparing to replace libgutenprintui2-1 5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu1 (using .../libgutenprintui2-1_5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libgutenprintui2-1 ...
Preparing to replace gimp-print 5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu1 (using .../gimp-print_5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement gimp-print ...
Preparing to replace libtotem-plparser1 2.18.0-0ubuntu1 (using .../libtotem-plparser1_2.18.0-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libtotem-plparser1 ...
Preparing to replace python-central 0.5.12ubuntu2 (using .../python-central_0.5.12ubuntu3_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement python-central ...
Preparing to replace totem-xine 2.18.0-0ubuntu1 (using .../totem-xine_2.18.0-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement totem-xine ...
Preparing to replace totem 2.18.0-0ubuntu1 (using .../totem_2.18.0-0ubuntu2_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement totem ...
Preparing to replace totem-mozilla 2.18.0-0ubuntu1 (using .../totem-mozilla_2.18.0-0ubuntu2_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement totem-mozilla ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/mscompress_0.3-2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
gnomefreak@FeistyFawn:~$ sudo dpkg -configure -a
dpkg: unknown option -o

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
Type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL) [*].

Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !
gnomefreak@FeistyFawn:~$ sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/mscompress_0.3-2_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 188089 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mscompress (from .../mscompress_0.3-2_i386.deb) ...
Setting up mscompress (0.3-2) ...
gnomefreak@FeistyFawn:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up foo2zjs (20061224-0ubuntu3) ...

Setting up libtotem-plparser1 (2.18.0-0ubuntu2) ...

Setting up libgutenprint2 (5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu2) ...

Setting up python-central (0.5.12ubuntu3) ...
Setting up totem-xine (2.18.0-0ubuntu2) ...

Setting up totem (2.18.0-0ubuntu2) ...
Setting up totem-mozilla (2.18.0-0ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libgutenprintui2-1 (5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu2) ...

Setting up cupsys-driver-gutenprint (5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu2) ...
 * Restarting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd [ OK ]

Setting up gimp-print (5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu2) ...

gnomefreak@FeistyFawn:~$

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Mar 27 08:03:51 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
Uname: Linux FeistyFawn 2.6.20-13-generic #2 SMP Sun Mar 25 00:21:25 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux