package libxfont-dev (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/libxfont-dev/fontlib.html', which is also in package libxfont1-dev 1:1.5.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.1

[Aryeh Gregor]

$ sudo apt -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-4.10.0-27 linux-headers-4.10.0-27-generic linux-headers-4.8.0-36
  linux-headers-4.8.0-36-generic linux-image-4.10.0-27-generic linux-image-4.8.0-36-generic
  linux-image-extra-4.10.0-27-generic linux-image-extra-4.8.0-36-generic
  linux-signed-image-4.10.0-27-generic snap-confine
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libxfont-dev
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libxfont-dev
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
31 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/124 kB of archives.
After this operation, 494 kB of additional disk space will be used.
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(Reading database ... 305731 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libxfont-dev_1%3a2.0.1-3~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libxfont-dev (1:2.0.1-3~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libxfont-dev_1%3a2.0.1-3~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/libxfont-dev/fontlib.html', which is also in package libxfont1-dev 1:1.5.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libxfont-dev_1%3a2.0.1-3~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libxfont-dev (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-28.32~16.04.2-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-28-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Aug 9 20:45:28 2017
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libxfont-dev:(not installed)
 Unpacking libxfont-dev (1:2.0.1-3~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libxfont-dev_1%3a2.0.1-3~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/libxfont-dev/fontlib.html', which is also in package libxfont1-dev 1:1.5.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/libxfont-dev/fontlib.html', which is also in package libxfont1-dev 1:1.5.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-07-26 (13 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
 apt 1.2.24
SourcePackage: libxfont2
Title: package libxfont-dev (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/libxfont-dev/fontlib.html', which is also in package libxfont1-dev 1:1.5.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)