updated system after long time and it failed installing libnvidia-common-450

[Jakub Dykowski]

For about 2 months or more I was not using the laptop, so the updates were neither being installed for that time.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: libnvidia-common-450 450.66-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-48.52-generic 5.4.60
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-48-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.10
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Sun Oct 25 10:51:41 2020
Dependencies:

DuplicateSignature:
 package:libnvidia-common-450:450.66-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
 Unpacking libnvidia-common-450 (450.80.02-0ubuntu0.20.04.2) over (450.66-0ubuntu0.20.04.1) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-dY2p3p/44-libnvidia-common-450_450.80.02-0ubuntu0.20.04.2_all.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/nvidia/nvidia-application-profiles-450.80.02-key-documentation', which is also in package libnvidia-common-450-server 450.80.02-0ubuntu0.20.04.3
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/nvidia/nvidia-application-profiles-450.80.02-key-documentation', which is also in package libnvidia-common-450-server 450.80.02-0ubuntu0.20.04.3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-01-29 (269 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.5, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.18, python-is-python2, 2.7.17-4
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
 apt 2.0.2ubuntu0.1
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-450
Title: package libnvidia-common-450 450.66-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/nvidia/nvidia-application-profiles-450.80.02-key-documentation', which is also in package libnvidia-common-450-server 450.80.02-0ubuntu0.20.04.3
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-05-10 (167 days ago)

[Jakub Dykowski (jakub-dykowski)]

I rebooted and run updates again - still didn't work.
Then I run 'apt autoremove' and the update system stopped trying to update/install that package - I guess it means it worked.

But then I went to GUI drivers tab, and there were two almost identical nvidia-driver-450 items.
First was (binary, tested) and the second (the selected one) was (binary). But I always select (binary, tested), so thats what I did again, after that (and the reboot probably) the second item (binary) disappeared.

I guess that means it is working, but the update definitely was NOT smooth.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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