package fglrx-updates-core (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/clinfo', which is also in package clinfo 0.0.git20141116-g3263181-1~ubuntu14.04.1

[Eric Detheridge]

Ubuntu 14.04.2 fglrx-updates-core failed to install when fglrx was being updated from 13 to 15 to fix bug 1424491 because it was trying to overwrite /bin/clinfo, also present in the clinfo package.

had to use sudo dpkg -r clinfo to get fglrx-updates-core installed.

Based on bug 145337, it looks like this issue might affect fglrx-core in addition to fglrx-updates-core. :(

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: fglrx-updates-core (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-37.51~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt9
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-37-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Thu May 21 10:45:04 2015
DistUpgraded: 2014-05-12 02:09:10,784 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 virtualbox, 4.3.10, 3.16.0-36-generic, x86_64: installed
 virtualbox, 4.3.10, 3.16.0-37-generic, x86_64: installed
DuplicateSignature: package:fglrx-updates-core:(not installed):trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/clinfo', which is also in package clinfo 0.0.git20141116-g3263181-1~ubuntu14.04.1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/clinfo', which is also in package clinfo 0.0.git20141116-g3263181-1~ubuntu14.04.1
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] BeaverCreek [Radeon HD 6550D] [1002:9640] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84c8]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-13 (827 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.16.0-37-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: fglrx-installer-updates
Title: package fglrx-updates-core (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/clinfo', which is also in package clinfo 0.0.git20141116-g3263181-1~ubuntu14.04.1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-12 (374 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 07/02/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0211
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: F1A75-M-PRO R2.0
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0211:bd07/02/2012:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnF1A75-M-PROR2.0:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1
version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.60-2~ubuntu14.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.4
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.4
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A
xserver.bootTime: Tue May 12 16:59:52 2015
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.devices:
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7
 input Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:101f MOUSE, id 8
 input Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:4003 KEYBOARD, id 9
 input Eee PC WMI hotkeys KEYBOARD, id 10
xserver.errors:
 open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
 AIGLX error: failed to open /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so, error[/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
 AIGLX error: failed to open /usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_dri.so, error[/usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
 AIGLX error: failed to open /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so, error[/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7
xserver.video_driver: fglrx

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Greg Whiteley (greg-whiteley)]

Presumably fglrx-updates-core needs a "Conflicts" for clinfo, or alternatively "provides" amd-clinfo, which already conflicts with clinfo.

[Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd)]

Looks like this bug is still triggered on Ubuntu 15.04 when attempting to install both these packages. (Based on duplicate bug 1460467)

[Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd)]

Thanks for marking this Triaged, Alberto.

Could you elaborate a bit on why the clinfo task was marked invalid? Since the two packages conflict with eachother, I would argue they are both affected. The task also made it easier for people looking to report a duplicate towards clinfo to see that the issue has already been reported.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

'fglrx-installer-updates' is no longer included in any currently supported release of Ubuntu. I'm closing this as 'Invalid' in order to tidy up the outstanding list of '100 Papercuts' bug reports.