package snapd (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/snap.1.gz', which is also in package snap 2013-11-29-1ubuntu2

Bug #1620403 reported by DURGEAT Robert
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
snapd (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Medium
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Bug Description

trying to install xfce-desktop with ubuntu (unity)16.04 LTS

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: snapd (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-36.55-generic 4.4.16
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Sep 6 00:39:12 2016
DuplicateSignature:
 package:snapd:(not installed)
 Unpacking snapd (2.13) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/snapd_2.13_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/snap.1.gz', which is also in package snap 2013-11-29-1ubuntu2
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/snap.1.gz', which is also in package snap 2013-11-29-1ubuntu2
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-09 (27 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
SourcePackage: snapd
Title: package snapd (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/snap.1.gz', which is also in package snap 2013-11-29-1ubuntu2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
DURGEAT Robert (rdurgeat17) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
Revision history for this message
Paweł Stołowski (stolowski) wrote :

Right. We have a conflict with "snap" deb package (from the description: "SNAP is a general purpose gene finding program suitable for both eukaryotic and prokaryotic genomes. SNAP is an acroynm for Semi-HMM-based Nucleic Acid Parser.").

Changed in snapd (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
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