package libglvnd-dev (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libEGL.so', which is also in package libegl1-mesa-dev:amd64 17.2.2-0ubuntu1

[Raghav Shankar]

This error popped up when I booted up my lubuntu 17.10 machine.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: libglvnd-dev (not installed)
Uname: Linux 4.13.8-041308-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Oct 29 11:01:58 2017
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libEGL.so', which is also in package libegl1-mesa-dev:amd64 17.2.2-0ubuntu1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-09 (19 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.3, python3-minimal, 3.6.3-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.14, python-minimal, 2.7.14-2ubuntu1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.24ubuntu1
 apt 1.5
SourcePackage: libglvnd
Title: package libglvnd-dev (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libEGL.so', which is also in package libegl1-mesa-dev:amd64 17.2.2-0ubuntu1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-28 (0 days ago)

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

this is fixed now in bionic

[henczati (henczati)]

Looks like I had a similar problem on 18.04.1, just with nvidia-340 from https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa :
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libglvnd/+bug/1791542