package shotwell 0.15.0-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/shotwell/ui/collection.ui', which is also in package shotwell-common 0.15.0-0ubuntu1

[Greg Bowler]

I was using the GUI software update tool as normal. The only difference this time was that I had just removed a ppa for Yorba's Geary (a terrible piece of software).

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: shotwell 0.15.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.23-generic 3.11.10
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jan 17 17:50:46 2014
DuplicateSignature: package:shotwell:0.15.0-0ubuntu1:trying to overwrite '/usr/share/shotwell/ui/collection.ui', which is also in package shotwell-common 0.15.0-0ubuntu1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/shotwell/ui/collection.ui', which is also in package shotwell-common 0.15.0-0ubuntu1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-18 (90 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: shotwell
Title: package shotwell 0.15.0-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/shotwell/ui/collection.ui', which is also in package shotwell-common 0.15.0-0ubuntu1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Joseph Bylund (joseph-bylund)]

Can you explain what it is you were trying to do? The steps that you took to cause this error? i.e. "I checked the install box next to shotwell, and then pressed the apply button."

And by the gui software tool do you mean synaptic or the software center?

[Greg Bowler (g105b)]

As far as I know, shotwell wasn't running. I had been coding in Sublime Text 3, there were a few SSH connection in terminal windows, Google Chrome was open, and MySQL workbench was open.

Ubuntu's Software Updater opened as it does every week, and I set it updating while I went and got a cup of tea. I used extra strong tea bags as it had been a tough day of bug squishing my own code.

Once the update had completed, I had a warning telling me the update hadn't updated some packages, then as usual I clicked the 'report problem' button, which usually makes the dialogue box disappear completely (I assume by submitting the report in the background), but this time I was directed to Launchpad's website, where I submitted this extra info.

Shotwell is still not open, but I just tried opening it and it works fine.

[Joseph Bylund (joseph-bylund)]

I'm not actually sure if this is a shotwell issue or a software center issue (or something else entirely). I'd suggest removing shotwell-common and shotwell and then installing shotwell. But I'd wait a little and give someone else a chance to chime in.

[Jim Nelson (yorba-jim)]

In Saucy, Ubuntu split Shotwell up into a couple of packages -- shotwell and shotwell-common. I'm not sure why they did that, but the .ui files are in shotwell-common.

However, in Yorba's PPA, we simply have one package: shotwell, which contains the .ui files. It may be that when you switch to or from our PPA, you need to uninstall shotwell (and shotwell-common) before re-installing from the other PPA. However, no one has reported this problem so far, so I don't know why you'd be the first to see it.

On a side note, can you tell me what issue(s) you had with Geary, and what version you were running?

[Greg Bowler (g105b)]

Off the top of my head, problems which rendered Geary unusable were:

* Certain types of attachment wouldn't show as an attachment on incoming email.
* Deleting an email deleted it completely. No bin, no undo.
* Moving multiple items to a folder/label is impossible.
* No email signatures.
* Columns are fixed width.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Kristian Benoit (kristian-benoit)]

I had a similar problem, here's the output in apt-get upgrade:

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/shotwell_0.18.0-1~saucy1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/GConf/gsettings/shotwell.convert', which is also in package shotwell-common 0.15.0-0ubuntu1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)

I uninstalled shotwell, autoremoved and reinstalled shotwell. everything if fine now.

sudo apt-get remove shotwell
sudo apt-get autoremove # This removed shotwell-common
sudo apt-get install shotwell

I have yorba's ppa configured:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/yorba/ppa/ubuntu saucy main

If I remember correctly I configured yorba's ppa to use shotwell under xubuntu after migrating my system from ubuntu.

[klap-in (klap-in)]

See https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=724080 as well