package nmap-common 7.80+dfsg1-1build1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/nmap/nmap-mac-prefixes', which is also in package nmap 7.70-2

[Gary]

The nmap package gives error while installing.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: nmap-common 7.80+dfsg1-1build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-19.20-generic 5.3.1
Uname: Linux 5.3.0-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 28 18:55:11 2019
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/nmap/nmap-mac-prefixes', which is also in package nmap 7.70-2
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-10-28 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.7, Python 3.7.5rc1, python3-minimal, 3.7.5-1
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.17rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.17-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu2
 apt 1.9.4
SourcePackage: nmap
Title: package nmap-common 7.80+dfsg1-1build1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/nmap/nmap-mac-prefixes', which is also in package nmap 7.70-2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)]

Thanks for filing this bug in Ubuntu.

The package you were upgrading from, 7.70-2, was apparently never published in Ubuntu, according to the list here: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nmap/+publishinghistory

Was that a local build perhaps?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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