package libsane1 1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/lib/udev/hwdb.d/20-sane.hwdb', which is different from other instances of package libsane1:i386

[Dave Mellor]

Well - this will be slim pickings! Am sitting here stoned, I want to trade BITCOIN.

Am installing MetaTrader 5 to trade BITCOIN. They are Windows software developers mostly.

I wanted Linux client. They described installation .... BSOD!!!

So I was blindly sudo apt/update'ing without paying attention. Liverpool v Everton, Snooker and market feeds distracted me. And the dope! :) feed your head, the wise once said.

Dave M

Good de-bugging xxx

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: libsane1 1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-19.22-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Dec 10 15:19:22 2017
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libsane1:1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu2.1
 Unpacking libsane1:i386 (1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu2.1) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-W7wlvO/133-libsane1_1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu2.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite shared '/lib/udev/hwdb.d/20-sane.hwdb', which is different from other instances of package libsane1:i386
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite shared '/lib/udev/hwdb.d/20-sane.hwdb', which is different from other instances of package libsane1:i386
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-01 (9 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.3, python3-minimal, 3.6.3-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.14, python-minimal, 2.7.14-2ubuntu1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.24ubuntu1
 apt 1.5.1
SourcePackage: sane-backends
Title: package libsane1 1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/lib/udev/hwdb.d/20-sane.hwdb', which is different from other instances of package libsane1:i386
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-12-01 (9 days ago)