package mysql-client-5.6 5.6.31-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/mysql_plugin', which is also in package mysql-server-5.6 5.6.30-1+deb.sury.org~precise+2

[Luis Etienne]

Got this error while trying to install python bluetooth tools.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: mysql-client-5.6 5.6.31-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-65.73~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt22
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-65-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
AptOrdering:
 mysql-client-5.6: Install
 mysql-server-5.6: Install
 mysql-client-5.6: Configure
 mysql-server-5.6: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Aug 7 23:00:22 2016
DpkgHistoryLog:
 Start-Date: 2016-08-07 23:00:17
 Commandline: apt-get -f install
 Upgrade: mysql-server-5.6:amd64 (5.6.30-1+deb.sury.org~precise+2, 5.6.31-0ubuntu0.14.04.2), mysql-client-5.6:amd64 (5.6.30-1+deb.sury.org~precise+2, 5.6.31-0ubuntu0.14.04.2)
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Preparing to unpack .../mysql-client-5.6_5.6.31-0ubuntu0.14.04.2_amd64.deb ...
 Unpacking mysql-client-5.6 (5.6.31-0ubuntu0.14.04.2) over (5.6.30-1+deb.sury.org~precise+2) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-client-5.6_5.6.31-0ubuntu0.14.04.2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/mysql_plugin', which is also in package mysql-server-5.6 5.6.30-1+deb.sury.org~precise+2
DuplicateSignature: package:mysql-client-5.6:5.6.31-0ubuntu0.14.04.2:trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/mysql_plugin', which is also in package mysql-server-5.6 5.6.30-1+deb.sury.org~precise+2
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/mysql_plugin', which is also in package mysql-server-5.6 5.6.30-1+deb.sury.org~precise+2
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-20 (200 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.7
 apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.14
SourcePackage: mysql-5.6
Title: package mysql-client-5.6 5.6.31-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/mysql_plugin', which is also in package mysql-server-5.6 5.6.30-1+deb.sury.org~precise+2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Robie Basak (racb)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

It seems likely to me that your problem is caused by the third party PPA package, so this is not a bug in Ubuntu.

 If indeed this is a local configuration problem, you can find pointers to get help for this sort of problem here: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

Or if you believe that this is really a bug, then you may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem, explain why you believe this is a bug in Ubuntu rather than a problem specific to your system, and then change the bug status back to New.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for mysql-5.6 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]