package gwenview None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/gwenview.list] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/gwenview.png', which is also in package gwenrename
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gwenview (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: gwenview
Having installed gwenrename, gwenview fails to install as the installer is trying to overwrite the gwenview.png file from gwenrename with the one for gwenview. Similar problems have occurred trying to install other packages also.
using 8.04 beta
ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Apr 19 09:45:39 2008
Dependencies:
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/
Package: gwenview None [modified: /var/lib/
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: gwenview
Title: package gwenview None [modified: /var/lib/
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic x86_64
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 140012, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.
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I did work on a patch for this problem for Gutsy. Unfortunately it is too late to patch this problem for Hardy unless an SRU (Stable Release Update) is requested. However I don't personally feel that this problem is significant enough for an SRU.