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package cpp-4.7 4.7.1-6ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package cpp-4.7 is already installed and configured

Bug #1032020 reported by Rainer Rohde on 2012-08-02

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #541595: [Master] package failed to install/upgrade: package is already installed and configured. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	dpkg (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Happened right after logging in...

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: cpp-4.7 4.7.1-6ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-7.7-generic 3.5.0
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-7-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Aug 1 21:44:31 2012
ErrorMessage: package cpp-4.7 is already installed and configured
SourcePackage: dpkg
Title: package cpp-4.7 4.7.1-6ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package cpp-4.7 is already installed and configured
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Rainer Rohde (rainer-rohde) wrote on 2012-08-02:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (568 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (393 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (335 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (83.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (74.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (2.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (810 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2012-08-02

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-09-11:

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

Changed in dpkg (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Raphaël Hertzog (hertzog) wrote on 2012-09-17:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 541595, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.