package kaccounts-providers (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: prøver å skrive over «/usr/share/accounts/providers/google.provider» som også finnes i pakken account-plugin-google 0.12+15.10.20150723-0ubuntu1

[Kjetil Sandnes]

On first login to Ubuntu Gnome, after installing Kubuntu desktop..

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: kaccounts-providers (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-27.32-generic 4.2.8-ckt1
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-27-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Feb 1 23:33:12 2016
DuplicateSignature: package:kaccounts-providers:(not installed):prøver å skrive over «/usr/share/accounts/providers/google.provider» som også finnes i pakken account-plugin-google 0.12+15.10.20150723-0ubuntu1
ErrorMessage: prøver å skrive over «/usr/share/accounts/providers/google.provider» som også finnes i pakken account-plugin-google 0.12+15.10.20150723-0ubuntu1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-01 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.2ubuntu5.1
 apt 1.0.10.2ubuntu1
SourcePackage: kaccounts-providers
Title: package kaccounts-providers (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: prøver å skrive over «/usr/share/accounts/providers/google.provider» som også finnes i pakken account-plugin-google 0.12+15.10.20150723-0ubuntu1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Flames_in_Paradise (ellisistfroh-deactivatedaccount)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better

This issue has already been reported therefore we are marking it as duplicate of bug 1451728

Please note that any further action will refer & take place in this [master] bug-report.

Since this only happens in a multi-desktop environment of any flavour conflicting with kubuntu-desktop and vice-versa Kubuntu with additional DE's – it puts the APT-packing system in a unresponsive state. This bug hinders users to to keep their system in an actual state with all security-patches installed.

I pass it on to Ubuntus Security-Department for further investigation and immediate action on this grave bug.

A possible workaround would be to replace Telepathy (IRC chat client) with Konversation or Quassel.

Taking into account that the ration of bugs beeing reported reported and suffered is approx 1:100 this puts a very bad image on Ubuntu and Linux in a whole.

I personally apologize for any inconvinience this incident brings to users being interested in trying multiple desktop environments.