package apt-config-auto-update (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic', which is also in package update-notifier-common 3.162

[BavarianPH]

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ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: apt-config-auto-update (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.1.0-3.3-generic 4.1.3
Uname: Linux 4.1.0-3-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.18-0ubuntu9
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Aug 31 13:21:51 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:apt-config-auto-update:(not installed):trying to overwrite '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic', which is also in package update-notifier-common 3.162
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic', which is also in package update-notifier-common 3.162
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-08-30 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20150826.1)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.2ubuntu3
 apt 1.0.9.10ubuntu6
SourcePackage: pk-update-icon
Title: package apt-config-auto-update (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic', which is also in package update-notifier-common 3.162
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Matthias Klumpp (ximion)]

On Debian, the files have been moved to apt-config-* a while ago, and the update-notifier-common package is long gone there as well.
So this is something that needs to be fixed in Ubuntu, ideally by having update-notifier-common depend on the apt-config-auto-update package.
(Alternatively, one could also patch the pk-update-icon package)

[cliff tinker (cliff5555)]

Occured in ubuntu Gnome 16.04

[cliff tinker (cliff5555)]

occured while system was trying to update samba. have had to remove samba to get tyhe package system to work properly again.
samba will not install corectly in 16.04.

[Adam Thompson (athompso)]

Not so sure about it being "fixed" - I just encountered it when attempting to (perhaps mistakenly) install apt-config-auto-update on 16.04 LTS.

[David Harmon (dmh-phoenix)]

Yup, still happening to me in November '16.

[David Harmon (dmh-phoenix)]

Also, the error persists even if the actual file named in the message is moved.

[richardbrinkman (richardbrinkman)]

A fresh ubuntu install with just update-notifier-common installed works fine. Doing a `apt install apt-config-auto-update` gives the error. Problems persist, even after `apt remove apt-config-auto-update`. Each time the system boots / logs in the update-notifier crashes.

[bercom (bercom01)]

Danke sehr.
Frisches Ubuntu installiert.

Bernd

2016-12-17 9:28 GMT+01:00 richardbrinkman <email address hidden>:

> A fresh ubuntu install with just update-notifier-common installed works
> fine. Doing a `apt install apt-config-auto-update` gives the error.
> Problems persist, even after `apt remove apt-config-auto-update`. Each
> time the system boots / logs in the update-notifier crashes.
>
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> Title:
> package apt-config-auto-update (not installed) failed to
> install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic',
> which is also in package update-notifier-common 3.162
>
> Status in pk-update-icon package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> ?
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
> Package: apt-config-auto-update (not installed)
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.1.0-3.3-generic 4.1.3
> Uname: Linux 4.1.0-3-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.18-0ubuntu9
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Mon Aug 31 13:21:51 2015
> DuplicateSignature: package:apt-config-auto-update:(not
> installed):trying to overwrite '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic', which is
> also in package update-notifier-common 3.162
> ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic',
> which is also in package update-notifier-common 3.162
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-08-30 (1 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64
> (20150826.1)
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> dpkg 1.18.2ubuntu3
> apt 1.0.9.10ubuntu6
> SourcePackage: pk-update-icon
> Title: package apt-config-auto-update (not installed) failed to
> install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic',
> which is also in package update-notifier-common 3.162
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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