Ubuntu
xubuntu-default-settings package

package xubuntu-default-settings (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/skel/.xscreensaver', which is also in package mythbuntu-default-settings 1.08

Bug #1001623 reported by Caner GÜRAL on 2012-05-19

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #998649: package mythbuntu-default-settings (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/skel/.xscreensaver', which is also in package xubuntu-default-settings 12.04.11. Edit Remove

This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

This error message putting when install xubuntu-default-settings package.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xubuntu-default-settings (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat May 19 01:11:26 2012
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/etc/skel/.xscreensaver', which is also in package mythbuntu-default-settings 1.08
InstallationMedia: Edubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
SourcePackage: xubuntu-default-settings
Title: package xubuntu-default-settings (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/skel/.xscreensaver', which is also in package mythbuntu-default-settings 1.08
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-28 (21 days ago)

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Caner GÜRAL (canergural) wrote on 2012-05-19:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (469 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (65.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (57.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (2.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-05-24:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Greg Nickoloff (gnickoloff) wrote on 2012-05-24:

Seeing this installing Xubuntu desktop on Mythbuntu 12.04 installation.

Unpacking xubuntu-default-settings (from .../xubuntu-default-settings_12.04.11_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xubuntu-default-settings_12.04.11_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/etc/skel/.xscreensaver', which is also in package mythbuntu-default-settings 1.08
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/xubuntu-default-settings_12.04.11_all.deb