package libopencv-dnn-dev (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/include/opencv4/opencv2/dnn/all_layers.hpp', which is also in package libopencv-dev 4.1.1-2-gd5a58aa75

[Daniel Lang]

Didn't know what exactly happened. I'm using the system mostly for ML purposes with Nvidia drivers and ML frameworks. Upgraded from 18.04 to 20.04 today and ran into some errors with libopencv.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: libopencv-dnn-dev (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-33.37-generic 5.4.34
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-33-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Tue Jun 2 08:58:20 2020
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/include/opencv4/opencv2/dnn/all_layers.hpp', which is also in package libopencv-dev 4.1.1-2-gd5a58aa75
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-07-07 (695 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.2, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3
 apt 2.0.2ubuntu0.1
SourcePackage: opencv
Title: package libopencv-dnn-dev (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/include/opencv4/opencv2/dnn/all_layers.hpp', which is also in package libopencv-dev 4.1.1-2-gd5a58aa75
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Kai Kasurinen (kai-kasurinen)]

libopencv-dev 4.1.1-2-gd5a58aa75

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