ive been recieving these errors when trying to update wifite reaver and whatweb for a few days now
and have been running into some trouble looking for the root cause


E: /var/cache/apt/archives/reaver_1.4-2backbox3_i386.deb: trying to overwrite '/menu/auditing/wireless_analysis/wifi/cracking/reaver', which is also in package backbox-menu 3.01.1
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/whatweb_0.4.8~git20120606-1backbox2_all.deb: trying to overwrite '/menu/auditing/information_gathering/web_application/whatweb', which is also in package backbox-menu 3.01.1
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/wifite_2.0r85-1backbox2_all.deb: trying to overwrite '/menu/auditing/wireless_analysis/wifi/cracking/wifite', which is also in package backbox-menu 3.01.1

[EDIT]
apparently this issue seems to occur when trying to install backbox-desktop package

Hi,

Provide us with more information. Run in terminal:

apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Copy all text from terminal, not just error ones. Then in terminal type :

tail -50 /var/log/syslog

Copy all from terminal and post here http://www.pastebin.com

apt-get -f install and sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade were some of the first steps i tried after getting the errors

i was able to get everything working correctly today and circumvent the "trying to overwrite" errors by using
apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite" install backbox-desktop wifite reaver whatweb aircrack-ng

ive been using the backbox 3.0 release and the only repository ive added at all was the ppa for pidgin

i stated in my previous post i was able to overcome the errors mentioned by using
apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite" install
i will keep your suggestions in mind if i run into any future issues regarding this