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Cannot install package when sudo apt-get upgrade: package libgtk2.0-bin 2.24.30-1ubuntu1 [modified: usr/sbin/update-icon-caches] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/sbin/update-icon-caches', which is also in package libgtk-3-bin 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.1

Bug #1707420 reported by Karol on 2017-07-29

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu)	New	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

Cannot install package when sudo apt-get upgrade

Preparing to unpack .../libgtk2.0-bin_2.24.30-1ubuntu1.16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libgtk2.0-bin (2.24.30-1ubuntu1.16.04.1) over (2.24.30-1ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libgtk2.0-bin_2.24.30-1ubuntu1.16.04.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/sbin/update-icon-caches', which is also in package libgtk-3-bin 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.1

Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libgtk2.0-bin_2.24.30-1ubuntu1.16.04.1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libgtk-3-bin_3.18.9-1ubuntu3.3_amd64.deb

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libgtk2.0-bin 2.24.30-1ubuntu1 [modified: usr/sbin/update-icon-caches]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-83.106-generic 4.4.70
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-83-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jul 29 18:41:59 2017
DuplicateSignature:
package:libgtk2.0-bin:2.24.30-1ubuntu1 [modified: usr/sbin/update-icon-caches]
Unpacking libgtk2.0-bin (2.24.30-1ubuntu1.16.04.1) over (2.24.30-1ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libgtk2.0-bin_2.24.30-1ubuntu1.16.04.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/sbin/update-icon-caches', which is also in package libgtk-3-bin 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/sbin/update-icon-caches', which is also in package libgtk-3-bin 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-08-20 (708 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
apt 1.2.20
SourcePackage: gtk+2.0
Title: package libgtk2.0-bin 2.24.30-1ubuntu1 [modified: usr/sbin/update-icon-caches] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/sbin/update-icon-caches', which is also in package libgtk-3-bin 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Karol (karolcyprowski) wrote on 2017-07-29:

log.txt Edit (52.2 KiB, text/plain)
AptOrdering.txt Edit (7.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (3.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (531 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (72.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (16.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (41.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2017-07-29

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Karol (karolcyprowski) wrote on 2017-08-19:

Everything seems to be fine after running the following command:

sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite var/cache/apt/archives/libgtk2.0-bin_2.24.30-1ubuntu1.16.04.1_amd64.deb

Sebastien Bacher (seb128) on 2017-08-21

Changed in gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Invalid
importance:	Undecided → Low
status:	Invalid → New

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