package fpc-source-2.6.4 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: a tentar sobre-escrever '/usr/share/fpcsrc/2.6.4/rtl/qnx/Makefile.fpc', que também está no pacote fpc-src 2.6.4

[Edson T. Marques]

Crash at the instalation

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: fpc-source-2.6.4 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-23.30-generic 3.16.4
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Oct 19 17:13:57 2014
DuplicateSignature: package:fpc-source-2.6.4:(not installed):a tentar sobre-escrever '/usr/share/fpcsrc/2.6.4/rtl/qnx/Makefile.fpc', que também está no pacote fpc-src 2.6.4
ErrorMessage: a tentar sobre-escrever '/usr/share/fpcsrc/2.6.4/rtl/qnx/Makefile.fpc', que também está no pacote fpc-src 2.6.4
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-11 (7 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20141011)
SourcePackage: fpc
Title: package fpc-source-2.6.4 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: a tentar sobre-escrever '/usr/share/fpcsrc/2.6.4/rtl/qnx/Makefile.fpc', que também está no pacote fpc-src 2.6.4
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Grief (iamgrief)]

As a workaround, it is possible to try AT YOUR OWN RISK:
1. sudo dpkg -r fpc-src
2. sudo apt-get -f install

This helped me to continue the upgrade from 14.04 to 14.10.

[Paul Gevers (paul-climbing)]

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, check https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories

In this particular case, there is no package called fpc-src in Ubuntu, so you need to remove it before you can install the package. Grief in msg #3 gave an example, I would have said:
sudo apt-get remove fpc-src
sudo apt-get install fpc-source