Ubuntu
pyusb package

python-usb will not install do to over-write problem

Bug #1470674 reported by David Natkins
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pyusb (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Preparing to unpack .../python-usb_1.0.0~b2-2_all.deb ...
Unpacking python-usb (1.0.0~b2-2) over (0.4.3-1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/python-usb_1.0.0~b2-2_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/usb/control.py', which is also in package python-pyusb 1.0.0b1ubuntu1

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Ruben Undheim (saltmakrell) wrote :

python-pyusb is not an official Debian/Ubuntu package, is it? Has it been installed from a PPA?

Ruben Undheim (saltmakrell)
Changed in pyusb (Ubuntu):
status: New → Opinion
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Arnaud Ober (user-deactivated-80571) wrote :

Same problem for me.
I try to install Galileo to synchronize my Fitbit device, on Ubuntu 16.04.
I'm using the PPA of Chris Wayne, and when I use the terminal: "sudo apt-get install Galileo", I have exactly the same error. I saw that the python-pyusb is provided by Chris Wayne, but I can't install only Galileo package, can I?

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lively (doratheexplorer) wrote :

Download attached deb file then in terminal
sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite python-pyusb.deb

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