package libgtkmm-2.4-doc (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/libgtkmm-2.4-dev/examples/README', which is also in package libgtkmm-2.4-dev:amd64 1:2.24.5-2

[kelargo]

E: /var/cache/apt/archives/libgtkmm-2.4-doc_1%3a2.24.5-2_all.deb: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/libgtkmm-2.4-dev/examples/README', which is also in package libgtkmm-2.4-dev:amd64 1:2.24.5-2

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: libgtkmm-2.4-doc (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-10.11-lowlatency 4.15.3
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-10-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Mar 3 10:59:55 2018
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libgtkmm-2.4-doc:(not installed)
 Unpacking libgtkmm-2.4-doc (1:2.24.5-2) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-ebi0hY/58-libgtkmm-2.4-doc_1%3a2.24.5-2_all.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/libgtkmm-2.4-dev/examples/README', which is also in package libgtkmm-2.4-dev:amd64 1:2.24.5-2
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/libgtkmm-2.4-dev/examples/README', which is also in package libgtkmm-2.4-dev:amd64 1:2.24.5-2
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-02 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180302)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.4+, python3-minimal, 3.6.4-1
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.14+, python-minimal, 2.7.14-4
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu1
 apt 1.6~alpha7ubuntu2
SourcePackage: gtkmm2.4
Title: package libgtkmm-2.4-doc (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/libgtkmm-2.4-dev/examples/README', which is also in package libgtkmm-2.4-dev:amd64 1:2.24.5-2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Ibrahim Hamad (mrwednezday)]

Yeah. Ubuntu 18.04 UEFI is causing a lot of stress.

Grub2 fails to install.

Boot-Repair says, "Locked ESP"

and all that stuff.

[Zoltan Papp (zozmar)]

I used my computer with "legacy boot" + gpt partitioning.

I added a second drive (an ssd to the hdd) and tried to install ubuntu on the ssd. The installation failed (twice) at grub2.

The solution was to select "uefi boot" in bios and setting up an efi partition. After that the installation went through without any errors.

[Lumar (lmspamkill)]

package libgtkmm-2.4-doc (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/libgtkmm-2.4-dev/examples/README', which is also in package libgtkmm-2.4-dev:i386 1:2.24.5-2

[thomas (riker1)]

I am having the same problem, how to solve this?

Unpacking libgtkmm-2.4-dev:amd64 (1:2.24.5-2) over (1:2.24.4-2) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Aze5mQ/23-libgtkmm-2.4-dev_1%3a2.24.5-2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/libgtkmm-2.4-dev/examples/README', which is also in package libgtkmm-2.4-doc 1:2.24.5-2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Aze5mQ/23-libgtkmm-2.4-dev_1%3a2.24.5-2_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[thomas (riker1)]

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libgtkmm-2.4-dev : Depends: libgtkmm-2.4-1v5 (= 1:2.24.4-2) but 1:2.24.5-2 is installed

how to remove?

apt --fix-broken install does not help

[thomas (riker1)]

strange

Correcting dependencies... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libgtkmm-2.4-dev
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libgtkmm-2.4-dev
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 92 not upgraded.

same package will b upgraded and installed, but does not worl

[Kai Kasurinen (kai-kasurinen)]

Fixed in version gtkmm2.4/1:2.24.5-4

[Sebastien (sjdrc)]

Can you please backport this to Ubuntu 18.04? The release is supported until April 2023, but for some reason this has not been fixed on bionic, which is the actual release that this bug was reported for.

Ubuntu 18 packages are broken for us until this is fixed.