trouble installing silverlight using "sudo apt-get install --install-recommends pipelight-multi" into terminal

Bug #1667085 reported by Sharlot
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
One Hundred Papercuts
Confirmed
High
Unassigned
sane-backends (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

I'm trying to install silverlight into Firefox and there was an error in the terminal.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libsane 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2 [modified: lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-63.84-generic 4.4.44
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-63-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Feb 22 12:58:42 2017
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libsane:1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2 [modified: lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules]
 Unpacking libsane:i386 (1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libsane_1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2_i386.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite shared '/lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules', which is different from other instances of package libsane:i386
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite shared '/lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules', which is different from other instances of package libsane:i386
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-09-03 (172 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.19
SourcePackage: sane-backends
Title: package libsane 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2 [modified: lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules', which is different from other instances of package libsane:i386
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Sharlot (cactus233) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in sane-backends (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in sane-backends (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → High
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