package redeclipse-common (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/redeclipse/guidelines.txt', which is also in package redeclipse 1.5.1-2

Bug #1651769 reported by Mithos
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Bug Description

newer Version of Red Eclipse do not install on ubuntu 16.04

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: redeclipse-common (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-57.78-generic 4.4.35
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-57-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Dec 21 01:18:05 2016
DuplicateSignature:
 package:redeclipse-common:(not installed)
 Unpacking redeclipse-common (1.5.6-1~getdeb1) over (1.5.1-2) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/redeclipse-common_1.5.6-1~getdeb1_all.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/redeclipse/guidelines.txt', which is also in package redeclipse 1.5.1-2
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/redeclipse/guidelines.txt', which is also in package redeclipse 1.5.1-2
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-25 (117 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.15ubuntu0.2
SourcePackage: redeclipse
Title: package redeclipse-common (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/redeclipse/guidelines.txt', which is also in package redeclipse 1.5.1-2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Mithos (dandyloon) wrote :
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Quinton Reeves (qreeves) wrote :

It appears you're trying to use PlayDeb packages after installing Ubuntu ones. Please uninstall your Ubuntu version before installing the one from PlayDeb. For the package you're trying to install it appears the command is: apt-get remove redeclipse-common

tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
Quinton Reeves (qreeves)
Changed in redeclipse (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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