package icedtea6-plugin 6b12~pre1-0ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/amd64/IcedTeaPlugin.so', which is also in package openjdk-6-jre

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While trying to update the system... I got (excerpt):

Fetched 36.9MB in 52s (709kB/s)
(Reading database ... 191049 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace openjdk-6-jre-lib 6b12~pre1-0ubuntu4 (using .../openjdk-6-jre-lib_6b12~pre1-0ubuntu5_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement openjdk-6-jre-lib ...
Preparing to replace openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b12~pre1-0ubuntu4 (using .../openjdk-6-jre-headless_6b12~pre1-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement openjdk-6-jre-headless ...
Preparing to replace icedtea6-plugin 6b12~pre1-0ubuntu4 (using .../icedtea6-plugin_6b12~pre1-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement icedtea6-plugin ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/icedtea6-plugin_6b12~pre1-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/amd64/IcedTeaPlugin.so', which is also in package openjdk-6-jre
Preparing to replace openjdk-6-jre 6b12~pre1-0ubuntu4 (using .../openjdk-6-jre_6b12~pre1-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement openjdk-6-jre ...
Preparing to replace openjdk-6-jdk 6b12~pre1-0ubuntu4 (using .../openjdk-6-jdk_6b12~pre1-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement openjdk-6-jdk ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/icedtea6-plugin_6b12~pre1-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/amd64/IcedTeaPlugin.so', which is also in package openjdk-6-jre
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: icedtea6-plugin 6b12~pre1-0ubuntu4
SourcePackage: openjdk-6
Title: package icedtea6-plugin 6b12~pre1-0ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/amd64/IcedTeaPlugin.so', which is also in package openjdk-6-jre
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-6-generic x86_64

[Shanmuhanathan T (shanmuha)]

seems to have all the required information - looks like a packaging bug - both icedtea6-plugin and openjdk-6-jre both provide /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/amd64/IcedTeaPlugin.so.

[Jarkko Lietolahti (jarkko-jab)]

Also happened to me also. Altough I'm using openjdk / icedtea from PPA.

[Jarkko Lietolahti (jarkko-jab)]

Puretaan korvaavaa icedtea6-plugin-pakettia...
dpkg: virhe käsiteltäessä /var/cache/apt/archives/icedtea6-plugin_6b12~pre1-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 yritetty ylikirjoittaa `/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/amd64/IcedTeaPlugin.so', joka on myös paketissa openjdk-6-jre
Valmistellaan paketin openjdk-6-jre 6b12~pre1-0ubuntu4 vaihtamista (käyttäen pakettia .../openjdk-6-jre_6b12~pre1-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb)...

[Bernhard (b.a.koenig)]

Same here. In my case, I think it even destroyed my gnome default settings. Desktop looks different now because it didn't load the standard settings.

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

fixed in 6b12~pre2-0ubuntu2