package libbison-dev:amd64 2:3.0.4.dfsg-1 failed to install/upgrade: package libbison-dev:amd64 is already installed and configured

[keerthan]

cannot update

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libbison-dev:amd64 2:3.0.4.dfsg-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-107.108~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-107-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.23
AptdaemonVersion: 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14.3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jul 16 16:04:22 2020
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libbison-dev:amd64:2:3.0.4.dfsg-1
 Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
 dpkg: error processing package libfl-dev:amd64 (--configure):
  package libfl-dev:amd64 is already installed and configured
ErrorMessage: package libbison-dev:amd64 is already installed and configured
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-06-15 (30 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20190227)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.6
 apt 1.2.32ubuntu0.1
SourcePackage: dpkg
Title: package libbison-dev:amd64 2:3.0.4.dfsg-1 failed to install/upgrade: package libbison-dev:amd64 is already installed and configured
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.