package repo 1.12.32-2 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/repo', which is also in package phablet-tools 1.2+16.04.20160317-0ubuntu1

[Chase Gooding]

I don't know what's broken. I was trying to upgrade my Kodi installation and MythTV pvr client.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: repo 1.12.32-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-34.53-generic 4.4.15
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-34-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Aug 27 21:03:00 2016
DuplicateSignature:
 package:repo:1.12.32-2
 Unpacking kodi (2:16.1~git20160425.1001-final-0xenial) over (15.2+dfsg1-3ubuntu1) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/kodi_2%3a16.1~git20160425.1001-final-0xenial_all.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/xsessions/kodi.desktop', which is also in package kodi-data 15.2+dfsg1-3ubuntu1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/repo', which is also in package phablet-tools 1.2+16.04.20160317-0ubuntu1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-10 (595 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
SourcePackage: repo
Title: package repo 1.12.32-2 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/repo', which is also in package phablet-tools 1.2+16.04.20160317-0ubuntu1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-24 (126 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Ngassam Nkwenga (cyrildz)]

This bug affects me too.
I have just upgrade ubuntu-sdk from the officiel ubuntu-sdk ide ppa and got a bug allert after that.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

'phablet-tools' is no longer included in any currently supported release of Ubuntu. I'm closing this as 'Invalid' in order to tidy the outstanding list of '100 Papercuts' bug reports.