package codelite-plugins (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/codelite/abbreviation.so', which is also in package codelite 0:2.6.0.4189-ubuntu0

[amirthac]

Binary package hint: codelite

Codelite is not working in my PC. When I am opening the Codelite after the processing cursor, nothing happens. I thought that non availability of plugins may be the problem. So I tried to install that and this error came.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: codelite-plugins (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.45-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic i686
AptOrdering:
 codelite-plugins: Install
 codelite-plugins: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Oct 29 19:08:26 2010
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/codelite/abbreviation.so', which is also in package codelite 0:2.6.0.4189-ubuntu0
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
SourcePackage: codelite
Title: package codelite-plugins (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/codelite/abbreviation.so', which is also in package codelite 0:2.6.0.4189-ubuntu0

[Alessio Treglia (quadrispro)]

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 3:43 PM, amirthac <email address hidden> wrote:
> package codelite-plugins (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/codelite/abbreviation.so', which is also in package codelite 0:2.6.0.4189-ubuntu0

You used to work with a non-ubuntu package. Before installing the
'codelite' available in the archive, please remove all previously
installed versions.

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Alessio Treglia <email address hidden>
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[matthew72 (matthew72)]

i installed codelite from the ubuntu repository and it works fine without plugins.
but i also tried to install codelite-plugins and got the same error (trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/codelite/abbreviation.so') : '/usr/lib/codelite/abbreviation.so' is in both codelite and codelite-plugins packages, i'd guess because of some refactoring like splitting plugins out of the main package.
i still didn't try to use the dpkg "divert" trick to rename one of the two out of the way, i guess that will allow me to install the plugins.
anyway i think one of codelite and codelite-plugins should be fixed: either all plugins go in codelite-plugins, or some go in codelite and the rest in codelite-plugins (maybe codelite-plugins-extra if so?) but definitely each plugin better stay in one package not both.