package fp-units-multimedia-2.6.2 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/fpc/2.6.2/units/x86_64-linux/modplug/modplug.ppu', which is also in package fpc 2.6.2

[cartillone Alfredo]

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ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: fp-units-multimedia-2.6.2 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Nov 23 12:49:29 2013
DuplicateSignature: package:fp-units-multimedia-2.6.2:(not installed):trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/fpc/2.6.2/units/x86_64-linux/modplug/modplug.ppu', which is also in package fpc 2.6.2
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/fpc/2.6.2/units/x86_64-linux/modplug/modplug.ppu', which is also in package fpc 2.6.2
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-24 (91 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: fpc
Title: package fp-units-multimedia-2.6.2 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/fpc/2.6.2/units/x86_64-linux/modplug/modplug.ppu', which is also in package fpc 2.6.2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-20 (33 days ago)

[Paul Gevers (paul-climbing)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and trying to help make Ubuntu better. However, it seems that you are not using a software package provided by the official Ubuntu repositories. Because of this the Ubuntu project can not support or fix your particular bug. Please report this bug to the provider of the software package. Thanks!

If you are interested in learning more about software repositories and Ubuntu, check https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories

Ubuntu never provided a fpc package with real content, it has always been a meta-package.

In your case, please remove fpc first and then install it.

apt-get remove fpc
apt-get install fpc

[Paul Gevers (paul-climbing)]

I have decided that I am going to work around this issue for the Debian/Ubuntu package by declaring a breaks/replaces relationship with the fpc package version provided by the upstream Lazarus project.

[Paul Gevers (paul-climbing)]

Fixed in 2.6.4+dfsg-7 (slightly undocumented, but in commit 17a9b53db85 & 5bf10b0ed3 in the git archive on Alioth:
http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-pascal/fpc.git/ )