package icedtea-netx-common 1.2-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/icedtea-web/plugin.jar', which is also in package icedtea-plugin 1.1.3-1ubuntu1.1

[Karl Heinz Von Jezierski]

Just asked me to send you this bug, I did a dist upgrade from 11.10 and this failed to install.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: icedtea-netx-common 1.2-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 27 21:19:21 2012
Dependencies:

Df:
 Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
 /dev/sda1 111254312 53409916 52192940 51% /
 udev 2018124 0 2018124 0% /dev
DuplicateSignature:
 Unpacking icedtea-netx-common (from .../icedtea-netx-common_1.2-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
 Replacing files in old package icedtea-netx ...
 dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/icedtea-netx-common_1.2-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/icedtea-web/plugin.jar', which is also in package icedtea-plugin 1.1.3-1ubuntu1.1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/icedtea-web/plugin.jar', which is also in package icedtea-plugin 1.1.3-1ubuntu1.1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: icedtea-web
Title: package icedtea-netx-common 1.2-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/icedtea-web/plugin.jar', which is also in package icedtea-plugin 1.1.3-1ubuntu1.1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

Closing as obsolete. Please file a new ticket if this occurs in a currently supported version of Ubuntu.