libx264-dev fails to install (libx264.a already in package x264)

[mtron]

Binary package hint: x264

see Summary. Both packages (libx264 & the dev package libx264-dev pulled from ubuntu multiverse) contain /usr/lib/libx264.a, so dpkg aborts the install.

thanks for fixing :)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libx264.a', which is also in package x264
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: libx264-dev None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/libx264-dev.list]
SourcePackage: x264
Title: package libx264-dev None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/libx264-dev.list] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libx264.a', which is also in package x264
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

[Reinhard Tartler (siretart)]

this bug cannot happen anymore in the current version of the package.

it seems that the library /usr/lib/libx264.a used to be included in the x264 package, and the libx264-dev package misses the appropriate 'Replaces' line. However it is no longer necessary, it seems. I wonder why you claim ubuntu 8.10 is affected, because I fail to spot that library even in the 8.04 package.

I'm therefore closing this bug now as it is obviously released in the current version of ubuntu. if you are interested in fixing it in an earlier release, please open an appropriate bug task.

[albesan (albesanbe)]

It' just happened to me...
Ubuntu 8.10 32 bit.
The package shows up in synaptic, as version 1:0.svn20080408-0ubuntu1 (intrepid)

(my first bug report, let me know if I can give you any other useful info)