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python-dmidecode package

package python-dmidecode-dbg (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/pyshared/dmidecode.py', which is also in package python-dmidecode 0:3.10.7-1.1ubuntu1

Bug #645294 reported by danielleeson on 2010-09-22

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #594892: package python-dmidecode-dbg (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/pyshared/dmidecode.py', which is also in package python-dmidecode 0:3.10.7-1.1ubuntu1. Edit Remove

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	python-dmidecode (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: python-dmidecode

Just looking to install any package that would allow me to view all hardware video motherboard chipsets etc

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: python-dmidecode-dbg (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.43-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Sep 22 10:52:22 2010
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/pyshared/dmidecode.py', which is also in package python-dmidecode 0:3.10.7-1.1ubuntu1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
SourcePackage: python-dmidecode
Title: package python-dmidecode-dbg (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/pyshared/dmidecode.py', which is also in package python-dmidecode 0:3.10.7-1.1ubuntu1

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danielleeson (danielleeson) wrote on 2010-09-22:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (3.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (596 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (28.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.gz Edit (74.1 KiB, application/x-gzip)

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Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd) wrote on 2020-07-27:

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

We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 594892, so it is being marked as such. The good news is that the package conflict has been resolved in newer releases.