jayakrishna@jayakrishna-Inspiron-5567:/$ sudo apt-get install apt-config-auto-update
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libfprint-2-tod1 libllvm10 libllvm11 libsdl-image1.2 linux-headers-5.11.0-27-generic linux-hwe-5.11-headers-5.11.0-27 linux-image-5.11.0-27-generic linux-modules-5.11.0-27-generic
linux-modules-extra-5.11.0-27-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
apt-config-auto-update
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/2,040 B of archives.
After this operation, 15.4 kB of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 282491 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../apt-config-auto-update_2.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking apt-config-auto-update (2.1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/apt-config-auto-update_2.1_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic', which is also in package update-notifier-common 3.192.30.9
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/apt-config-auto-update_2.1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: apt-config-auto-update (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-36.40~20.04.1-generic 5.11.22
Uname: Linux 5.11.0-36-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.20
AptOrdering:
apt-config-auto-update:amd64: Install
NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Wed Sep 22 12:23:42 2021
DpkgTerminalLog:
Preparing to unpack .../apt-config-auto-update_2.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking apt-config-auto-update (2.1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/apt-config-auto-update_2.1_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic', which is also in package update-notifier-common 3.192.30.9
DuplicateSignature:
package:apt-config-auto-update:(not installed)
Unpacking apt-config-auto-update (2.1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/apt-config-auto-update_2.1_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic', which is also in package update-notifier-common 3.192.30.9
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic', which is also in package update-notifier-common 3.192.30.9
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-02-18 (215 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.10, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
apt 2.0.6
SourcePackage: apt-config-auto-update
Title: package apt-config-auto-update (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic', which is also in package update-notifier-common 3.192.30.9
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.