package locales (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/sbin/update-locale', which is also in package libc-bin 2.19-0ubuntu6.3

[Kevin]

Initially, I needed to install some libraries to run PyGame, which depends on lib32z1. I kept getting error messages that lib32z1 was inconsistent or unstable, and that I should reinstall it. When I attempted to reinstall via apt-get, the install stopped and threw the same error message about lib32z1. After attempting to reinstall with the .deb file, locales went missing and I cannot install any new software, libraries, etc.

Not that I think this is necessarily a bug, but it is indeed an issue with my system that none of my coworkers with the exact same hardware and Ubuntu 14.04 have experienced. Any way to get lib32z1 and locales functioning properly again so that I can resume software, etc., installations, updates and upgrades?

Thanks very much!

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: locales (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-37.64-generic 3.13.11.7
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-37-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 21 18:03:25 2014
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Preparing to unpack .../locales_2.19-11_all.deb ...
 Unpacking locales (2.19-11) over (2.13+git20120306-12.1) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/locales_2.19-11_all.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/sbin/update-locale', which is also in package libc-bin 2.19-0ubuntu6.3
DuplicateSignature: package:locales:(not installed):trying to overwrite '/usr/sbin/update-locale', which is also in package libc-bin 2.19-0ubuntu6.3
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/sbin/update-locale', which is also in package libc-bin 2.19-0ubuntu6.3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-03 (18 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.2)
SourcePackage: glibc
Title: package locales (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/sbin/update-locale', which is also in package libc-bin 2.19-0ubuntu6.3
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

This report is invalid and a waste of bug triagers' time. Please do not report problems to Ubuntu when you mix random packages you got someplace off the net (Debian in this case). If you explicitly want to screw up your system, feel free to do so but don't come complaining to anyone afterwards.