package libggadget-1.0-0b (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libggadget-dbus-1.0.so.0.0.0', which is also in package google-gadgets 0:0.10.0-0~getdeb1

[Peter McGranaghan]

Some gadgets already on desktop. I exited from one of them. Couldn't start the menu for gadgets so tried to re-install. This caused error.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: libggadget-1.0-0b (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-32.62-generic 2.6.32.38+drm33.16
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-32-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue May 31 19:37:17 2011
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libggadget-dbus-1.0.so.0.0.0', which is also in package google-gadgets 0:0.10.0-0~getdeb1
SourcePackage: google-gadgets
Title: package libggadget-1.0-0b (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libggadget-dbus-1.0.so.0.0.0', which is also in package google-gadgets 0:0.10.0-0~getdeb1

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

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. 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:
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