package codeblocks-dev 20.03-3 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/include/codeblocks/Alignment.h', which is also in package codeblocks-headers 20.03

[Eugenio Romeo]

I'm trying for several days to get everything working with Code::Blocks, but I always fail and e I don't know why. I always get errors about dependencies which aren't present in the repositories.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: codeblocks-dev 20.03-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-31.35-generic 5.4.34
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-31-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Mon May 25 17:14:02 2020
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Preparing to unpack .../codeblocks-dev_20.03-3_amd64.deb ...
 Unpacking codeblocks-dev:amd64 (20.03-3) over (20.03) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/codeblocks-dev_20.03-3_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/include/codeblocks/Alignment.h', which is also in package codeblocks-headers 20.03
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/include/codeblocks/Alignment.h', which is also in package codeblocks-headers 20.03
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-05-22 (4 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.2, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
 apt 2.0.2ubuntu0.1
SourcePackage: codeblocks
Title: package codeblocks-dev 20.03-3 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/include/codeblocks/Alignment.h', which is also in package codeblocks-headers 20.03
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Teodor Petrov (fuscated)]

Using packages meant for debian won't work I suppose. Unfortuantely the packages for 20.04 failed to build on launchpad, so I have to find the time what have changed there. :( Until then building packages from source is probably the only option.

[Kai Kasurinen (kai-kasurinen)]

codeblocks-headers 20.03

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and trying to help make Ubuntu better. However, it seems that you are not using a software package provided by the official Ubuntu repositories. Because of this the Ubuntu project can not support or fix your particular bug. Please report this bug to the provider of the software package. Thanks!

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