package mysql-server-core-5.1 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/my_print_defaults', which is also in package mysql-cluster-server-5.1 0:7.0.9-1ubuntu7

[Wim Wauters]

I just selected a big load of packages, and this one got stuck.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: mysql-server-core-5.1 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-40.87-generic-pae 2.6.32.57+drm33.23
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-40-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr 2 13:59:21 2012
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/my_print_defaults', which is also in package mysql-cluster-server-5.1 0:7.0.9-1ubuntu7
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.1
Title: package mysql-server-core-5.1 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/my_print_defaults', which is also in package mysql-cluster-server-5.1 0:7.0.9-1ubuntu7

[James Page (james-page)]

Unpacking mysql-client-core-5.1 (from .../mysql-client-core-5.1_5.1.61-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-client-core-5.1_5.1.61-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/mysql', which is also in package mysql-cluster-client-5.1 0:7.0.9-1ubuntu7
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-cluster-client.
Unpacking mysql-cluster-client (from .../mysql-cluster-client_7.0.9-1ubuntu7_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-core-5.1.
Unpacking mysql-server-core-5.1 (from .../mysql-server-core-5.1_5.1.61-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-core-5.1_5.1.61-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/my_print_defaults', which is also in package mysql-cluster-server-5.1 0:7.0.9-1ubuntu7

[James Page (james-page)]

MySQL cluster and standard MySQL package conflict with each other; I'm pretty sure that I have seen this before but I can't find the bug report.

You could try removing mysql-cluster-* packages using the following command:

    sudo apt-get purge mysql-cluster-\*

then fixing up MySQL using:

   sudo apt-get -f install