package pidgin-mbpurple (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/purple-2/liboldtwitter.so', which is also in package pidgin-microblog 0:0.2.3-1~ppa1~jaunty

[henry adler]

Binary package hint: pidgin-mbpurple

Already had Pidgin Microblog installed from http://ppa.launchpad.net/sugree/ppa/ubuntu on upgrade to 9.10 from 9.04

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Oct 6 14:47:51 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/purple-2/liboldtwitter.so', which is also in package pidgin-microblog 0:0.2.3-1~ppa1~jaunty
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: pidgin-mbpurple (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-12.39-generic
SourcePackage: pidgin-mbpurple
Title: package pidgin-mbpurple (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/purple-2/liboldtwitter.so', which is also in package pidgin-microblog 0:0.2.3-1~ppa1~jaunty
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-12-generic i686

[agent 8131 (agent-8131)]

It might be worth making pidgin-mbpurple conflict with pidgin-microblog to prevent this problem.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and trying to help make Ubuntu better. However, it seems that you are not using a software package provided by the official Ubuntu repositories (pidgin-microblog 0:0.2.3-1~ppa1~jaunty). Because of this the Ubuntu project can not support or fix your particular bug. Please report this bug to the provider of the software package. Thanks!
If you are interested in learning more about software repositories and Ubuntu the following pages should be informative:
1. http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/components - information about Ubuntu repositories
2. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories - information regarding managing repositories.