package plasma-systray-legacy (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/xdg/autostart/xembedsniproxy.desktop', which is also in package plasma-workspace 4:5.5.5.2-0ubuntu1

[cecilpierce]

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ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: plasma-systray-legacy (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.38-generic 4.4.8
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Apr 27 11:14:07 2016
DuplicateSignature:
 Unpacking kde-config-telepathy-accounts (4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/kde-config-telepathy-accounts_4%3a15.12.3-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/accounts/services/google-im.service', which is also in package account-plugin-google 0.12+16.04.20160126-0ubuntu1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/etc/xdg/autostart/xembedsniproxy.desktop', which is also in package plasma-workspace 4:5.5.5.2-0ubuntu1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-24 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Alpha amd64 (20160424)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1
 apt 1.2.11
SourcePackage: xembed-sni-proxy
Title: package plasma-systray-legacy (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/xdg/autostart/xembedsniproxy.desktop', which is also in package plasma-workspace 4:5.5.5.2-0ubuntu1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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[Tehnick (tehnick)]

As I see the problem is in Ubuntu version of the package plasma-workspace:
http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-kde/plasma/plasma-workspace.git/tree/debian/control?h=kubuntu_stable

Probably it should be sync with Debian version of the package. In particular:
http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-kde/plasma/plasma-workspace.git/tree/debian/control#n162

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Package: plasma-workspace
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Breaks: plasma-systray-legacy,
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Replaces: plasma-systray-legacy,
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xembedsniproxy module was included into plasma-workspace since release 5.5.0, so a separate package plasma-systray-legacy is not required anymore and it might be freely removed from Ubuntu >= 16.04.

[Tehnick (tehnick)]

News from Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/827615

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Further to comment #4, xembed-sni-proxy is no longer included in any currently supported release of Ubuntu so this issue can no longer occur.