package libmapnik-dev (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/mapnik-config', which is also in package libmapnik 2.3.0+dev20140426.git.a4985b3-1~trusty1

[Will Jackson]

Trying to build Viking 1.6.2 from source as a previous version does not run in Ubuntu 16.04. I read:

¨viking: error while loading shared libraries: libgps.so.20: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory¨

On running configure I get: ¨configure: error: mapnik/map.hpp is needed but not found - you will need to install package 'libmapnik-dev' or similar. The feature can be disabled with --disable-mapnik¨

On trying to install libmapnik-dev using Synaptic the process failed with:

¨E: /var/cache/apt/archives/libmapnik-dev_3.0.9+ds-1_amd64.deb: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/mapnik-config', which is also in package libmapnik 2.3.0+dev20140426.git.a4985b3-1~trusty1¨

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libmapnik-dev (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
AptOrdering:
 libmapnik3.0: Install
 libmapnik-dev: Install
 libmapnik3.0: Configure
 libmapnik-dev: Configure
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Apr 27 20:36:47 2016
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/mapnik-config', which is also in package libmapnik 2.3.0+dev20140426.git.a4985b3-1~trusty1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-01-07 (1937 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1
 apt 1.2.10ubuntu1
SourcePackage: mapnik
Title: package libmapnik-dev (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/mapnik-config', which is also in package libmapnik 2.3.0+dev20140426.git.a4985b3-1~trusty1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-27 (0 days ago)

[Will Jackson (will-wiljaxon)]

Solved by removing libmapnik. Configured and installed without problem subsequently.

[Bas Couwenberg (sebastic)]

libmapnik 2.3.0+dev20140426.git.a4985b3-1~trusty1 is not from the official repositories, so this kind of upgrade issue is expected.