package snap 2013-11-29-1ubuntu2.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/snap.1.gz', which is also in package snapd 2.17.1ubuntu1

[Joe Spurlock]

just after apt-get upgrade was processed (and teleconsole installed) then system reboot.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: snap 2013-11-29-1ubuntu2.16.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-59.80-generic 4.4.35
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-59-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
AptOrdering:
 snap: Install
 snap: Configure
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Feb 4 20:03:02 2017
Dependencies:
 gcc-6-base 6.0.1-0ubuntu1
 libc6 2.23-0ubuntu5
 libgcc1 1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1
DpkgHistoryLog:
 Start-Date: 2017-02-04 20:02:58
 Commandline: apt-get install snap
 Requested-By: shirley (1000)
 Install: snap:amd64 (2013-11-29-1ubuntu2)
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Preparing to unpack .../snap_2013-11-29-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb ...
 Unpacking snap (2013-11-29-1ubuntu2) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/snap_2013-11-29-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/snap.1.gz', which is also in package snapd 2.17.1ubuntu1
DuplicateSignature:
 package:snap:2013-11-29-1ubuntu2.16.04.1
 Unpacking snap (2013-11-29-1ubuntu2) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/snap_2013-11-29-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/snap.1.gz', which is also in package snapd 2.17.1ubuntu1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/snap.1.gz', which is also in package snapd 2.17.1ubuntu1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-01 (34 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.19
SourcePackage: snap
Title: package snap 2013-11-29-1ubuntu2.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/snap.1.gz', which is also in package snapd 2.17.1ubuntu1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1571989, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.