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package python-pip (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/pip', which is also in package pip 0:0.13-1

Bug #886499 reported by Joseph Katongole on 2011-11-05

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #569989: package python-pip (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/pip', which is also in package pip 0:0.13-1. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

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

Bug Description

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
python-pip
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/49.8kB of archives.
After this operation, 270kB of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 376539 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking python-pip (from .../python-pip_0.3.1-1ubuntu2.1_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/python-pip_0.3.1-1ubuntu2.1_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/pip', which is also in package pip 0:0.13-1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/python-pip_0.3.1-1ubuntu2.1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: python-pip (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-34.77-generic 2.6.32.44+drm33.19
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-34-generic i686
AptOrdering:
python-pip: Install
python-virtualenv: Install
python-pip: Configure
python-virtualenv: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Nov 5 13:54:29 2011
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/pip', which is also in package pip 0:0.13-1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
SourcePackage: python-pip
Title: package python-pip (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/pip', which is also in package pip 0:0.13-1

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Joseph Katongole (joekutos) wrote on 2011-11-05:

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Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd) wrote on 2012-08-11:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 826730, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.