package libvdpau1 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/etc/vdpau_wrapper.cfg', which is different from other instances of package libvdpau1:amd64

Bug #1702493 reported by Abhay
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This bug affects 11 people
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libvdpau (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
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Bug Description

I dont know anything about the bug but cannot install any software from the store

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libvdpau1 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-58.63~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-58-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
Architecture: amd64
BootLog:

CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
Date: Wed Jul 5 19:57:11 2017
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: xenial
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libvdpau1:(not installed)
 Unpacking libvdpau1:amd64 (1.1.1-3ubuntu1) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libvdpau1_1.1.1-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite shared '/etc/vdpau_wrapper.cfg', which is different from other instances of package libvdpau1:amd64
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite shared '/etc/vdpau_wrapper.cfg', which is different from other instances of package libvdpau1:amd64
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics [8086:1616] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Lenovo Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics [17aa:390b]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-07-03 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
MachineType: LENOVO 80E5
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-58-generic root=UUID=61cec50e-42cb-4052-8934-d3e5748260d2 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
 apt 1.2.20
SourcePackage: libvdpau
Title: package libvdpau1 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/etc/vdpau_wrapper.cfg', which is different from other instances of package libvdpau1:amd64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/23/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: B0CN93WW
dmi.board.asset.tag: NO Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Lenovo G50-80
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: NO DPK
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: NO Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Lenovo G50-80
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrB0CN93WW:bd07/23/2015:svnLENOVO:pn80E5:pvrLenovoG50-80:rvnLENOVO:rnLenovoG50-80:rvrNODPK:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrLenovoG50-80:
dmi.product.name: 80E5
dmi.product.version: Lenovo G50-80
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160823-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.70-1~ubuntu16.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A
xserver.bootTime: Wed Jul 5 19:48:50 2017
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.18.4-1ubuntu6.1~16.04.1
xserver.video_driver: modeset

Revision history for this message
Abhay (abhayrathod8) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in libvdpau (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
widon1104 (widon1104) wrote :

in ubuntu19.10 I install wine5.0 the same error appear.
widon@widon-ubuntu:~$ sudo apt --fix-broken install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-5.3.0-18 linux-headers-5.3.0-18-generic linux-image-5.3.0-18-generic linux-modules-5.3.0-18-generic linux-modules-extra-5.3.0-18-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libvdpau1
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libvdpau1
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
84 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/25.5 kB of archives.
After this operation, 109 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
 LANGUAGE = "zh_CN:zh",
 LC_ALL = (unset),
 LANG = "en.US"
    are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
(Reading database ... 222146 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libvdpau1_1.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libvdpau1:amd64 (1.2-1ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libvdpau1_1.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite shared '/etc/vdpau_wrapper.cfg', which is different from other instances of package libvdpau1:amd64
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libvdpau1_1.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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