package account-plugin-google (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/accounts/services/google-im.service', which is also in package kde-config-telepathy-accounts 15.04.1-0ubuntu1~ubuntu15.04~ppa1

[Marius]

I received this error when I tried to install kubuntu-desktop from the kubuntu-ppa channel.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: account-plugin-google (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-25.26-generic 3.19.8-ckt2
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-25-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.2
AptOrdering:
 account-plugin-google: Install
 account-plugin-google: Configure
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Aug 12 11:26:48 2015
DistributionChannelDescriptor:
 # This is a distribution channel descriptor
 # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
 canonical-oem-somerville-precise-amd64-20130203-1
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Preparing to unpack .../account-plugin-google_0.12+15.04.20150415.1-0ubuntu2_all.deb ...
 Unpacking account-plugin-google (0.12+15.04.20150415.1-0ubuntu2) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/account-plugin-google_0.12+15.04.20150415.1-0ubuntu2_all.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/accounts/services/google-im.service', which is also in package kde-config-telepathy-accounts 15.04.1-0ubuntu1~ubuntu15.04~ppa1
DuplicateSignature: package:account-plugin-google:(not installed):trying to overwrite '/usr/share/accounts/services/google-im.service', which is also in package kde-config-telepathy-accounts 15.04.1-0ubuntu1~ubuntu15.04~ppa1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/accounts/services/google-im.service', which is also in package kde-config-telepathy-accounts 15.04.1-0ubuntu1~ubuntu15.04~ppa1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-06 (353 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20130203-13:50
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.25ubuntu1
 apt 1.0.9.7ubuntu4.1
SourcePackage: account-plugins
Title: package account-plugin-google (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/accounts/services/google-im.service', which is also in package kde-config-telepathy-accounts 15.04.1-0ubuntu1~ubuntu15.04~ppa1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-05-01 (116 days ago)

[Alberto Mardegan (mardy)]

Hi Marius, the kde-config-telepathy-accounts which you installed from some PPA is conflicting with the official account-plugin-google.
You can fix this by removing it ("apt-get remove kde-config-telepathy-accounts").