package libjpeg8 8c-2ubuntu8 [modified: usr/share/doc/libjpeg8/changelog.Debian.gz usr/share/doc/libjpeg8/copyright] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libjpeg8/copyright', which is different from other instances of package libjpeg8:i386

[Chirag Kapoor]

dont know my system charshes for what

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libjpeg8 8c-2ubuntu8 [modified: usr/share/doc/libjpeg8/changelog.Debian.gz usr/share/doc/libjpeg8/copyright]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-37.42~16.04.1-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-37-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Mar 16 15:48:52 2018
Dependencies:
 gcc-6-base 6.0.1-0ubuntu1
 libc6 2.23-0ubuntu10
 libgcc1 1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1
 libjpeg-turbo8 1.4.2-0ubuntu3
 multiarch-support 2.23-0ubuntu10
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libjpeg8:8c-2ubuntu8 [modified: usr/share/doc/libjpeg8/changelog.Debian.gz usr/share/doc/libjpeg8/copyright]
 Unpacking libjpeg8:i386 (8c-2ubuntu8) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libjpeg8_8c-2ubuntu8_i386.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libjpeg8/copyright', which is different from other instances of package libjpeg8:i386
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libjpeg8/copyright', which is different from other instances of package libjpeg8:i386
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-02-17 (27 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.4
 apt 1.2.25
SourcePackage: libjpeg8-empty
Title: package libjpeg8 8c-2ubuntu8 [modified: usr/share/doc/libjpeg8/changelog.Debian.gz usr/share/doc/libjpeg8/copyright] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libjpeg8/copyright', which is different from other instances of package libjpeg8:i386
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Kai Kasurinen (kai-kasurinen)]

libjpeg8:i386 (8d-1+deb7u1)
libjpeg8:amd64 (8d-1+deb7u1)

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