Error verifying a sketch in Arduino IDE

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Hi, I am trying to write a code where I will use PING))) sensor for obstacle detection and avoidance, and also use IR sensors as beacons for my mobile robot. But when I try verifying the code written it gives me this error:

Arduino: 1.6.9 (Windows 8.), Board: "Arduino/Genuino Uno"

libraries\IRremote\IRremote.cpp.o: In function `__vector_7':

C:\Users\USER PC\Documents\Arduino\libraries\IRremote/IRremote.cpp:124: multiple definition of `__vector_7'

libraries\NewPing\NewPing.cpp.o:C:\Users\USER PC\Documents\Arduino\libraries\NewPing/NewPing.cpp:334: first defined here

collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status

exit status 1
Error compiling for board Arduino/Genuino Uno.

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What could possibly be the problem?

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Looks like NewPing and IRremote both use the same timer and thus both want control of the same timer interrupt. You can't use them both in the same sketch.

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Ok Sir, I actually got an idea from a guy called Teckel and he said on his webpage that one can easily change the TIMER_ENABLED from true to false in the NewPing.cpp file in the NewPing library, that is if one isn't using the ping_timer() method. I did that and the '__VECTOR__7' error was gone...

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FYI: You can also change the Timer used by IRremote, in the file IRremoteInt.h