package python-openstack-compute (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openstack/compute/__init__.py', which is also in package python-openstacksdk 0.9.13-0ubuntu1

[Yoogeun Song]

It shows an error that I have no idea about.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: python-openstack-compute (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.11.0-10.15-generic 4.11.8
Uname: Linux 4.11.0-10-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.5-0ubuntu5
AptOrdering:
 python-openstack-compute:i386: Install
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jul 12 00:33:09 2017
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Preparing to unpack .../python-openstack-compute_2.0a1-0ubuntu3_i386.deb ...
 Unpacking python-openstack-compute (2.0a1-0ubuntu3) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/python-openstack-compute_2.0a1-0ubuntu3_i386.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openstack/compute/__init__.py', which is also in package python-openstacksdk 0.9.13-0ubuntu1
DuplicateSignature:
 package:python-openstack-compute:(not installed)
 Unpacking python-openstack-compute (2.0a1-0ubuntu3) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/python-openstack-compute_2.0a1-0ubuntu3_i386.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openstack/compute/__init__.py', which is also in package python-openstacksdk 0.9.13-0ubuntu1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openstack/compute/__init__.py', which is also in package python-openstacksdk 0.9.13-0ubuntu1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-06 (278 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release i386 (20160420.1)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.24ubuntu1
 apt 1.5~beta1
SourcePackage: python-openstack-compute
Title: package python-openstack-compute (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openstack/compute/__init__.py', which is also in package python-openstacksdk 0.9.13-0ubuntu1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-06-02 (39 days ago)

[Seth Arnold (seth-arnold)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Corey Bryant (corey.bryant)]

I'm not entirely sure of the history here but it seems that openstacksdk may have replaced openstack-compute. The code for openstack-compute hasn't seen an update since 2011.

The python-openstacksdk package may need a Breaks/Replaces to ensure that openstack-compute is removed when openstacksdk is installed.

[Corey Bryant (corey.bryant)]

As a work-around, if you know you don't need python-openstack-compute, you can manually remove that package.

[James Page (james-page)]

python-openstack-compute has been removed from Ubuntu