splashy fail to install

[Nicolas Mongrain-Lacombe]

Binary package hint: splashy

splashy fail to install with a apt-get install...

I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx)
Linux 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu x86_64 GNU/Linux

"Tue May 04 20:37:26
root@bigbrother-ai:/home/bigbrother/tmp# apt-cache policy splashy
splashy:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.3.13-5ubuntu1
  Version table:
     0.3.13-5ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ubuntu.mirror.iweb.ca/ lucid/universe Packages
"

"Tue May 04 20:31:11
root@bigbrother-ai:/home/bigbrother/tmp# apt-get install splashy
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libsplashy1
Suggested packages:
  splashy-themes console-common
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libsplashy1 splashy
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,214kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,954kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://ubuntu.mirror.iweb.ca/ lucid/universe libsplashy1 0.3.13-5ubuntu1 [31.8kB]
Get:2 http://ubuntu.mirror.iweb.ca/ lucid/universe splashy 0.3.13-5ubuntu1 [1,182kB]
Fetched 1,214kB in 1s (824kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libsplashy1.
(Reading database ... 160644 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libsplashy1 (from .../libsplashy1_0.3.13-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package splashy.
Unpacking splashy (from .../splashy_0.3.13-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/splashy_0.3.13-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/etc/lsb-base-logging.sh', which is also in package lsb-base 0:4.0-0ubuntu8
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/splashy_0.3.13-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)"

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: splashy (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AptOrdering:
 libsplashy1: Install
 splashy: Install
 libsplashy1: Configure
 splashy: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue May 4 20:31:24 2010
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/etc/lsb-base-logging.sh', which is also in package lsb-base 0:4.0-0ubuntu8
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
SourcePackage: splashy
Title: package splashy (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/lsb-base-logging.sh', which is also in package lsb-base 0:4.0-0ubuntu8

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 328089, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.