package python-pysnmp2 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/pyshared/pysnmp/__init__.py', which is also in package python-pysnmp-common 0:4.1.9a-1ubuntu0.10.04.1

[rongten]

Binary package hint: python-pysnmp2

Just trying to install via synaptic

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: python-pysnmp2 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.45-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Nov 26 08:37:15 2010
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/pyshared/pysnmp/__init__.py', which is also in package python-pysnmp-common 0:4.1.9a-1ubuntu0.10.04.1
SourcePackage: python-pysnmp2
Title: package python-pysnmp2 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/pyshared/pysnmp/__init__.py', which is also in package python-pysnmp-common 0:4.1.9a-1ubuntu0.10.04.1

[Nathan Embery (nembery)]

Hi,
 I've attached a patch that will allow pysnmp2 to install cleanly. However, this is clearly not the 'correct' long term fix. The hope is that this will be useful to someone else who finds this bug and needs to install pysnmp2 without waiting for the longterm fix. The underlying issue seems to be that pysnmp2 does not install under /usr/share/pyshared/pysnmp/v2 as the pysnmp-common seems to expect.