package libgles1 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLESv1_CM.so.1', which is also in package nvidia-340 340.106-0ubuntu3

[Shihab Khan]

I don't understand the error.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: libgles1 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-34.37-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 1 15:22:27 2018
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libgles1:(not installed)
 Unpacking libglvnd-dev:amd64 (1.0.0-2ubuntu2.2) over (1.0.0-2ubuntu2.1) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-3fnoVB/53-libglvnd-dev_1.0.0-2ubuntu2.2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLESv1_CM.so', which is also in package nvidia-340 340.106-0ubuntu3
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLESv1_CM.so.1', which is also in package nvidia-340 340.106-0ubuntu3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-12 (962 days ago)
InstallationMedia: It
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.6, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3ubuntu1
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
 apt 1.6.3ubuntu0.1
SourcePackage: libglvnd
Title: package libgles1 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLESv1_CM.so.1', which is also in package nvidia-340 340.106-0ubuntu3
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-08-03 (59 days ago)

[Seth Arnold (seth-arnold)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.