package desktop-base (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/kde4/config/kdeglobals', which is also in package plasma-active-default-settings 1:0.4-0ubuntu1

Bug #1815988 reported by dezi
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Bug Description

- ubuntu 14.04.5 to kubuntu 14.04.5
- synaptic package manager installs "gnome" package to "broken"

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: desktop-base (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-142.168~14.04.1-generic 4.4.167
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-142-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Feb 15 01:51:24 2019
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Preparing to unpack .../desktop-base_7.0.3ubuntu1_all.deb ...
 Unpacking desktop-base (7.0.3ubuntu1) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/desktop-base_7.0.3ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/kde4/config/kdeglobals', which is also in package plasma-active-default-settings 1:0.4-0ubuntu1
DuplicateSignature: package:desktop-base:(not installed):trying to overwrite '/usr/share/kde4/config/kdeglobals', which is also in package plasma-active-default-settings 1:0.4-0ubuntu1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/kde4/config/kdeglobals', which is also in package plasma-active-default-settings 1:0.4-0ubuntu1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-02-13 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20160803)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.8
 apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.20
SourcePackage: desktop-base
Title: package desktop-base (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/kde4/config/kdeglobals', which is also in package plasma-active-default-settings 1:0.4-0ubuntu1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2019-02-15 (0 days ago)

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dezi (slavslav2019) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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