package libsmokekde4-2-dev (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libsmokekde.so', which is also in package libsmokekde-dev 4:3.5.10-1ubuntu3

[Steve Beattie]

libsmokekde4-2-dev and libsmokekde-dev both provide /usr/lib/libsmokekde.so

$ apt-cache policy libsmokekde4-2-dev
libsmokekde4-2-dev:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
     4:4.3.2-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Oct 16 18:18:38 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libsmokekde.so', which is also in package libsmokekde-dev 4:3.5.10-1ubuntu3
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Alpha i386 (20091009)
Package: libsmokekde4-2-dev (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.47-generic
SourcePackage: kdebindings
Title: package libsmokekde4-2-dev (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libsmokekde.so', which is also in package libsmokekde-dev 4:3.5.10-1ubuntu3
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1687): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1687): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1764): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:1748): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

This is still an issue in lucid

# apt-cache policy libsmokekde4-2-dev libsmokekde-dev
libsmokekde4-2-dev:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu4.1
  Version table:
     4:4.3.2-0ubuntu4.1 0
        500 ftp://ftp.free.fr lucid/main Packages
libsmokekde-dev:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 4:3.5.10-1ubuntu3
  Version table:
     4:3.5.10-1ubuntu3 0
        500 ftp://ftp.free.fr lucid/universe Packages