Q: I'm being prompted whether or not to replace the "path.debathena" file. What should I do?

Answer

If you upgrade your private workstation to a new release of Ubuntu (e.g. from 9.04 to 9.10), you may at some point in the installation process be asked whether or not to let the installer overwrite the file /etc/gconf/2/path.debathena.

If you receive the error, you can choose to have the installer replace the file (which it wants to do by default).