package kaccounts-providers (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/signon-ui/webkit-options.d/accounts.google.com.conf', which is also in package account-plugin-google 0.13+16.10.20160929.1-0ubuntu1

[Bogdan S]

OS got stuck on restart, had to force-reset the machine and was prompted with this error on next login

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: kaccounts-providers (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-25.27-generic 4.8.1
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-25-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Oct 15 18:37:17 2016
DuplicateSignature:
 package:kaccounts-providers:(not installed)
 Unpacking kaccounts-providers (4:16.04.3-0ubuntu1) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-J65Itd/691-kaccounts-providers_4%3a16.04.3-0ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/etc/signon-ui/webkit-options.d/accounts.google.com.conf', which is also in package account-plugin-google 0.13+16.10.20160929.1-0ubuntu1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/etc/signon-ui/webkit-options.d/accounts.google.com.conf', which is also in package account-plugin-google 0.13+16.10.20160929.1-0ubuntu1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-15 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release i386 (20161012.2)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1
 apt 1.3.1
SourcePackage: kaccounts-providers
Title: package kaccounts-providers (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/signon-ui/webkit-options.d/accounts.google.com.conf', which is also in package account-plugin-google 0.13+16.10.20160929.1-0ubuntu1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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