package libqwt6 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/plugins/designer/libqwt_designer_plugin.so', which is also in package libqwt5-qt4-dev 5.2.3-1

[Jim Smith]

Attempting to install Simon 0.4.1-0ubuntu4. Ubuntu 15.4. Lenovo ThinkPad

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: libqwt6 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-20.20-generic 3.19.8
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jun 13 11:25:46 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:libqwt6:(not installed):trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/plugins/designer/libqwt_designer_plugin.so', which is also in package libqwt5-qt4-dev 5.2.3-1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/plugins/designer/libqwt_designer_plugin.so', which is also in package libqwt5-qt4-dev 5.2.3-1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-22 (325 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.25ubuntu1
 apt 1.0.9.7ubuntu4
SourcePackage: qwt
Title: package libqwt6 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/plugins/designer/libqwt_designer_plugin.so', which is also in package libqwt5-qt4-dev 5.2.3-1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-04-25 (48 days ago)

[Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd)]

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 1450852 , 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. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.