package nvidia-settings-updates (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/nvidia-settings.1.gz', which is also in package nvidia-settings-experimental-310 310.14-0ubuntu0.1

[zafar ahmed]

asima@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings-updates
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  nvidia-settings-updates
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 2,120 kB of archives.
After this operation, 4,130 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/restricted nvidia-settings-updates amd64 304.43-0ubuntu0.2 [2,120 kB]
Fetched 2,120 kB in 1s (1,539 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-settings-updates.
(Reading database ... 155304 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking nvidia-settings-updates (from .../nvidia-settings-updates_304.43-0ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/nvidia-settings-updates_304.43-0ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/nvidia-settings.1.gz', which is also in package nvidia-settings-experimental-310 310.14-0ubuntu0.1
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/nvidia-settings-updates_304.43-0ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
asima@ubuntu:~$

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: nvidia-settings-updates (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-35.55-generic 3.2.34
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-35-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15.1
AptOrdering:
 nvidia-settings-updates: Install
 nvidia-settings-updates: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Dec 23 19:41:47 2012
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Unpacking nvidia-settings-updates (from .../nvidia-settings-updates_304.43-0ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb) ...
 dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/nvidia-settings-updates_304.43-0ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/nvidia-settings.1.gz', which is also in package nvidia-settings-experimental-310 310.14-0ubuntu0.1
DuplicateSignature:
 Unpacking nvidia-settings-updates (from .../nvidia-settings-updates_304.43-0ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb) ...
 dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/nvidia-settings-updates_304.43-0ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/nvidia-settings.1.gz', which is also in package nvidia-settings-experimental-310 310.14-0ubuntu0.1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/nvidia-settings.1.gz', which is also in package nvidia-settings-experimental-310 310.14-0ubuntu0.1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: nvidia-settings-updates
Title: package nvidia-settings-updates (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/nvidia-settings.1.gz', which is also in package nvidia-settings-experimental-310 310.14-0ubuntu0.1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-12-24 (0 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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