package ovmf (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/qemu/firmware/50-edk2-x86_64-secure.json', which is also in package qemu-5.1.0 5.1.0-1

[sploitem]

I was installing CAPEv2 using their script kvm0install.sh.

package ovmf (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/qemu/firmware/50-edk2-x86_64-secure.json', which is also in package qemu-5.1.0 5.1.0-1

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ovmf (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-48.52-generic 5.4.60
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-48-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4
AptOrdering:
 python3-ntlm-auth:amd64: Install
 ovmf:amd64: Install
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Wed Sep 30 09:50:52 2020
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/qemu/firmware/50-edk2-x86_64-secure.json', which is also in package qemu-5.1.0 5.1.0-1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-09-30 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
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: edk2
Title: package ovmf (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/qemu/firmware/50-edk2-x86_64-secure.json', which is also in package qemu-5.1.0 5.1.0-1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[dann frazier (dannf)]

Ubuntu doesn't have a qemu-5.1.0 package, so I assume that is coming from CAPEv2. There's not much we can do about people creating packages that conflict with our own.