package python-pywbem (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/wbemcli', which is also in package wbemcli 0:1.6.0-0ubuntu3. Both cannot be installed at the same time.

[Derek Williams]

Used Synaptic for the install. First installed wbemcli package (1.6.0-0ubuntu3), which worked fine. When I attempted to install the python-pywbem package (0.7.0-3). Received this error:

/var/cache/apt/archives/python-pywbem_0.7.0-3_all.deb: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/wbemcli', which is also in package wbemcli 0

Details:

Running ubuntu 9.10 64 bits fully updated.

wbemcli info:

wbemcli:
  Installed: 1.6.0-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 1.6.0-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 1.6.0-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

python-pywbem info:

python-pywbem:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.7.0-3
  Version table:
     0.7.0-3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages

ProblemType: Package
AptOrdering:
 python-pywbem: Install
 python-pywbem: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jan 13 12:42:33 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/wbemcli', which is also in package wbemcli 0:1.6.0-0ubuntu3
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: python-pywbem (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-18.55-generic
SourcePackage: pywbem
Title: package python-pywbem (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/wbemcli', which is also in package wbemcli 0:1.6.0-0ubuntu3
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-18-generic x86_64

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

Confirmed in lucid.

# apt-cache policy python-pywbem wbemcli
python-pywbem:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.7.0-4
  Version table:
     0.7.0-4 0
        500 ftp://ftp.free.fr lucid/universe Packages
wbemcli:
  Installed: 1.6.0-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 1.6.0-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 1.6.0-0ubuntu3 0
        500 ftp://ftp.free.fr lucid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status