package fp-compiler-2.6.4 2.6.4+dfsg-4 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/fpc/2.6.4/ppcx64', which is also in package fpc 2.6.4

[Jan Busk]

Error message appeard on first update after installing fpc. No idea what caused this.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: fp-compiler-2.6.4 2.6.4+dfsg-4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-26.28-generic 3.19.8-ckt4
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Aug 27 01:31:39 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:fp-compiler-2.6.4:2.6.4+dfsg-4:trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/fpc/2.6.4/ppcx64', which is also in package fpc 2.6.4
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/fpc/2.6.4/ppcx64', which is also in package fpc 2.6.4
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-08-21 (5 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.25ubuntu1
 apt 1.0.9.7ubuntu4.1
SourcePackage: fpc
Title: package fp-compiler-2.6.4 2.6.4+dfsg-4 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/fpc/2.6.4/ppcx64', which is also in package fpc 2.6.4
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Paul Gevers (paul-climbing)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1254262, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

Ubuntu never provided a fpc package with real content, it has always been a meta-package.

In your case, please remove fpc first and then install it.

apt-get remove fpc
apt-get install fpc