package libpython3.10-minimal 3.10.4-1+focal1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/python3.10/typing', which is also in package libpython3.10-stdlib:amd64 3.10.4-1+focal3

[Valeriu Ionut Pavel]

software update is crashing

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 15 09:20:26 2022
Package: libpython3.10-minimal 3.10.4-1+focal2
SourcePackage: python3.10
ErrorMessage:
 trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/python3.10/typing.py', which is also in package libpython3.10-stdlib:amd64 3.10.4-1+foca
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libpython3.10-minimal:3.10.4-1+focal1 [origin: unknown]
 Unpacking libpython3.10-stdlib:amd64 (3.10.4-1+focal2) over (3.10.4-1+focal1) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Tno8nW/05-libpython3.10-stdlib_3.10.4-1+focal2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/python3.10/_sysconfigdata__linux_x86_64-linux-gnu.py', which is also in package libpython3.10-minimal:amd64 3.10.4-1+focal1
...
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-39.44~20.04.1-generic 5.13.19
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.10, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python3.10, Python 3.10.4, python-is-python2, 2.7.17-4
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
 apt 2.0.6
Tags: third-party-packages focal package-conflict
Title: package libpython3.10-minimal 3.10.4-1+focal1 [origin: unknown] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/python3.10/typing.py', which is also in package libpython3.10-stdlib:amd64 3.10.4-1+focal1
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-39-generic x86_64
UnreportableReason: This is not an official Ubuntu package. Please remove any third party package and try again.
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Robert Los (robert-robertlos)]

I got a similar error while running an update:

Preparing to unpack .../libpython3.10-stdlib_3.10.4-3~20.04.sav0_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libpython3.10-stdlib:amd64 (3.10.4-3~20.04.sav0) over (3.10.4-1+focal1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libpython3.10-stdlib_3.10.4-3~20.04.sav0_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/python3.10/_sysconfigdata__linux_x86_64-linux-gnu.py', which is also in package libpython3.10-minimal:amd64 3.10.4-1+focal1
Preparing to unpack .../libpython3.10-minimal_3.10.4-3~20.04.sav0_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libpython3.10-minimal:amd64 (3.10.4-3~20.04.sav0) over (3.10.4-1+focal1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libpython3.10-minimal_3.10.4-3~20.04.sav0_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/python3.10/typing.py', which is also in package libpython3.10-stdlib:amd64 3.10.4-1+focal1
dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libpython3.10-stdlib_3.10.4-3~20.04.sav0_amd64.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libpython3.10-minimal_3.10.4-3~20.04.sav0_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

this while doing a sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

[William Andrea (wjandrea)]

I think this is caused by a deadsnakes issue (https://github.com/deadsnakes/issues/issues/207), which I was experiencing myself (and resolved by following the instructions on GitHub), but it was just making the upgrade fail, not making update crash. It might be affecting you worse because it looks like you've set python3.10 as "python", probably by symlinking /usr/bin/python -> /usr/bin/python3.10, which contradicts python-is-python2.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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