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package swig2.0 2.0.12-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/swig', which is also in package swig 2.0.11-1ubuntu2

Bug #1607760 reported by Brix on 2016-07-29

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	One Hundred Papercuts	Invalid	Medium	Unassigned
	swig2.0 (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

I upgraded my ubuntu distro from 14.04 LTS to 16.04 LTS since ever then the I can't get to the ubuntu software center is not working. I had to remove/uninstall swig packages completely to continue my update.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: swig2.0 2.0.12-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-42.49~14.04.1-generic 4.2.8-ckt12
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-42-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jul 22 10:54:39 2016
DuplicateSignature: package:swig2.0:2.0.12-1ubuntu4:trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/swig', which is also in package swig 2.0.11-1ubuntu2
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/swig', which is also in package swig 2.0.11-1ubuntu2
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-20 (69 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20160217.1)
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
SourcePackage: swig2.0
Title: package swig2.0 2.0.12-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/swig', which is also in package swig 2.0.11-1ubuntu2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-07-20 (9 days ago)

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Brix (brix.mavu) wrote on 2016-07-29:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (49.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (244 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (593 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (71.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (191.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (78.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2016-07-29

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2016-08-21:

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

Changed in swig2.0 (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) on 2016-08-30

Changed in swig2.0 (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status:	New → Confirmed
importance:	Undecided → Medium

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Paul White (paulw2u) wrote on 2021-08-01:

The swig2.0 package is no longer included in any currently supported release of Ubuntu. Closing as "Invalid" in order to tidy the list of outstanding '100 Papercuts' tasks.