package gnome-icon-theme-symbolic (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/status/keyboard-brightness-symbolic.svg', which is also in package gnome-power-manager 3.1.2-0ubuntu1

[Pavel Francírek]

i think this happened after restart of upgraded (from repository) Firefox. But I am not sure.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome-icon-theme-symbolic (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Sep 30 13:03:11 2011
DuplicateSignature:
 Unpacking replacement gnome-icon-theme-symbolic ...
 dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-icon-theme-symbolic_3.2.0-0ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/status/keyboard-brightness-symbolic.svg', which is also in package gnome-power-manager 3.1.2-0ubuntu1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/status/keyboard-brightness-symbolic.svg', which is also in package gnome-power-manager 3.1.2-0ubuntu1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64+mac (20110705.1)
SourcePackage: gnome-icon-theme-symbolic
Title: package gnome-icon-theme-symbolic (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/status/keyboard-brightness-symbolic.svg', which is also in package gnome-power-manager 3.1.2-0ubuntu1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Pavel Francírek (pavel-toplist)]

well, actually the firefox seems not to be reason. Looks more like duplicate files in different packages.

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

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 #861527, 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.

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