package libc6-dev-i386 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/include/bits', which is also in package libc6-dev-amd64 2.19-0ubuntu6.4

[Alex Fuhr]

Encountered this while trying to install the necessary libraries for running Altera Modelsim.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: libc6-dev-i386 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-17.11-lowlatency 3.11.10.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-17-lowlatency x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jan 6 18:31:22 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:libc6-dev-i386:(not installed):trying to overwrite '/usr/include/bits', which is also in package libc6-dev-amd64 2.19-0ubuntu6.4
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/include/bits', which is also in package libc6-dev-amd64 2.19-0ubuntu6.4
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-18 (598 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
SourcePackage: eglibc
Title: package libc6-dev-i386 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/include/bits', which is also in package libc6-dev-amd64 2.19-0ubuntu6.4
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-11-01 (67 days ago)

[Marco Pisano (pisano-marko)]

Yes, i found this bug in the same package.