package kompozer-dev None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/kompozer-dev.list] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/aclocal/nspr.m4', which is also in package libnspr4-dev

[Winnewbie]

Binary package hint: kompozer

I was installing kompozer dev files in sypnatic and it crashed

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/aclocal/nspr.m4', which is also in package libnspr4-dev
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: kompozer-dev None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/kompozer-dev.list]
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: kompozer
Title: package kompozer-dev None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/kompozer-dev.list] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/aclocal/nspr.m4', which is also in package libnspr4-dev
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686

[Giuseppe Iuculano (giuseppe-iuculano)]

This is not a nspr issue, but kompozer issue. Kompozer should be built with --with-system-nspr

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package kompozer - 1:0.7.10-0ubuntu5

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kompozer (1:0.7.10-0ubuntu5) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Removed debian/kompozer.dirs, never needed.
  * debian/kompozer.desktop
   - Moved to "Development" category in desktop file. (LP: #148935)
   - Added some common mimetypes for a web editor. (LP: #175563)
   - Added the generic name.
   - Added Spanish translation
  * debian/mozconfig.debian
   - Added --with-system-nspr (LP: #312972)
   - Added default mozilla five home (LP: #155505)
  * debian/rules
   - Added dh_desktop to updates the MIME type cache
  * debian/kompozer-config.1 and debian/kompozer.manpages
   - Added manpage from upstream to kompozer-config binary

 -- Surfaz Gemon Meme <email address hidden> Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:03:45 +0000

[Wes Peterson (wes-peterson)]

Comments say bug was fixed on March 20th, but it appears that as of April 28th, the fix is not in the repository for Ubuntu 8.04.

[Ville Aine (ville-aine)]

The kompozer-dev package still contains /usr/share/aclocal/nspr.m4:

  $ dpkg -l|grep kompozer-dev
  ii kompozer-dev 1:0.7.10-0ubuntu6 KompoZer development files
  $ dpkg -L kompozer-dev|grep m4$
  /usr/share/aclocal/nspr.m4

If I understand this correctly, configuring with --with-system-nspr is not enough, the installation of nspr.m4 should also be removed from debian/kompozer-dev.install
(see http://git.debian.org/?p=users/derevko-guest/kompozer.git;a=commitdiff;h=029b0a2a2dd7b56867e295c2063d0ea832481e5e )

[Giuseppe Iuculano (giuseppe-iuculano)]

This bug was fixed in the package kompozer - 1:0.7.10-0ubuntu5

[sebjob (sebjob10)]

this does not work in easypeasy for some reason

[sebjob (sebjob10)]

my mistake, see that the nvu development files was the fix.