package linux-tools-common (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/cpupower', which is also in package linux-laptop-tools-common 6.5.0-1006.9

[Jan Lindström]

jan@jan-ThinkPad-P1-Gen-6:~/work/mariadb/10.11/mysql-test$ sudo apt-get install linux-tools-6.5.0-14-generic linux-cloud-tools-6.5.0-14-generic
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
linux-cloud-tools-6.5.0-14-generic is already the newest version (6.5.0-14.14).
The following additional packages will be installed:
  hwdata linux-tools-6.5.0-14 linux-tools-common
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  hwdata linux-tools-6.5.0-14 linux-tools-6.5.0-14-generic linux-tools-common
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 452 kB/8.591 kB of archives.
After this operation, 28,6 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://ly.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu mantic-updates/main amd64 linux-tools-common all 6.5.0-15.15 [452 kB]
Fetched 452 kB in 1s (859 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package hwdata.
(Reading database ... 536450 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../hwdata_0.374-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking hwdata (0.374-1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../linux-tools-common_6.5.0-15.15_all.deb ...
Unpacking linux-tools-common (6.5.0-15.15) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-tools-common_6.5.0-15.15_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/cpupower', which is also in package linux-laptop-tools-common 6.5.0-1006.9
dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Selecting previously unselected package linux-tools-6.5.0-14.
Preparing to unpack .../linux-tools-6.5.0-14_6.5.0-14.14_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-tools-6.5.0-14 (6.5.0-14.14) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-tools-6.5.0-14-generic.
Preparing to unpack .../linux-tools-6.5.0-14-generic_6.5.0-14.14_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-tools-6.5.0-14-generic (6.5.0-14.14) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-tools-common_6.5.0-15.15_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
jan@jan-ThinkPad-P1-Gen-6:~/work/mariadb/10.11/mysql-test$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 23.10
Release: 23.10
Codename: mantic

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.10
Package: linux-tools-common (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-14.14-generic 6.5.3
Uname: Linux 6.5.0-14-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu5
AptOrdering:
 hwdata:amd64: Install
 linux-tools-common:amd64: Install
 linux-tools-6.5.0-14:amd64: Install
 linux-tools-6.5.0-14-generic:amd64: Install
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
CRDA: N/A
CasperMD5CheckMismatches: ./.disk/casper-uuid-oem ./boot/grub/efi.img ./boot/grub/grub.cfg ./casper/initrd
CasperMD5CheckResult: fail
Date: Wed Feb 7 08:46:38 2024
DistributionChannelDescriptor:
 # This is the distribution channel descriptor for the OEM CDs
 # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
 canonical-oem-sutton-jammy-amd64-20230811-498
DuplicateSignature:
 package:linux-tools-common:(not installed)
 Unpacking linux-tools-common (6.5.0-15.15) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-tools-common_6.5.0-15.15_all.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/cpupower', which is also in package linux-laptop-tools-common 6.5.0-1006.9
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/cpupower', which is also in package linux-laptop-tools-common 6.5.0-1006.9
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-08-11 (180 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - pc-sutton-jammy-amd64-20230811-498
MachineType: {report['dmi.sys.vendor']} {report['dmi.product.name']}
ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.5.0-14-generic root=UUID=1e33d8c0-26a1-4a48-930e-5fe39eff7474 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.11, Python 3.11.6, python3-minimal, 3.11.4-5
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions: grub-pc 2.12~rc1-10ubuntu4
SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-tools-common (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/cpupower', which is also in package linux-laptop-tools-common 6.5.0-1006.9
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to mantic on 2024-01-02 (36 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 11/27/2023
dmi.bios.release: 1.16
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: N3ZET29W (1.16 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 21FVCTO1WW
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Defined
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: None
dmi.ec.firmware.release: 1.8
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrN3ZET29W(1.16):bd11/27/2023:br1.16:efr1.8:svnLENOVO:pn21FVCTO1WW:pvrThinkPadP1Gen6:rvnLENOVO:rn21FVCTO1WW:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNone:skuLENOVO_MT_21FV_BU_Think_FM_ThinkPadP1Gen6:
dmi.product.family: ThinkPad P1 Gen 6
dmi.product.name: 21FVCTO1WW
dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_21FV_BU_Think_FM_ThinkPad P1 Gen 6
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad P1 Gen 6
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

[Juerg Haefliger (juergh)]

Uninstall linux-laptop-tools-common. You should not install any of the linux-laptop packages unless you're on a Lenovo X13s arm64 laptop.

[Jan Lindström (janlindstrom)]

Doing uninstall did help getting those tools installed but still perf counters do not work:

jan@jan-ThinkPad-P1-Gen-6:~/work/mariadb/10.11/mysql-test$ perf stat -e r5111c4 true
WARNING: event 'N/A' not valid (bits 16,20,22 of config '5111c4' not supported by kernel)!

 Performance counter stats for 'true':

           131.341 cpu_core/r5111c4/

       0,002273140 seconds time elapsed

       0,002294000 seconds user
       0,000000000 seconds sys