package sugar-logviewer-activity (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/sugar/activities/Log.activity/NEWS', which is also in package sugar-log-activity 37-4

Bug #1693135 reported by Nikola Misic
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
sugar-logviewer-activity (Ubuntu)
Triaged
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

Installing gcc++ and after rebooting i got this error.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: sugar-logviewer-activity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-21.23-generic 4.10.11
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed May 24 10:38:14 2017
DuplicateSignature:
 package:sugar-logviewer-activity:(not installed)
 Unpacking sugar-logviewer-activity (6-0ubuntu2) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-3LCqCg/722-sugar-logviewer-activity_6-0ubuntu2_all.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/sugar/activities/Log.activity/NEWS', which is also in package sugar-log-activity 37-4
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/sugar/activities/Log.activity/NEWS', which is also in package sugar-log-activity 37-4
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-23 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu2
 apt 1.4
SourcePackage: sugar-logviewer-activity
Title: package sugar-logviewer-activity (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/sugar/activities/Log.activity/NEWS', which is also in package sugar-log-activity 37-4
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Nikola Misic (nikolamis) 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 sugar-logviewer-activity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Andreas Moog (ampelbein) wrote :

This package is not needed anymore, the functionality you are looking for is found in sugar-log-activity, which you already have installed. I have asked the Ubuntu Archive Administrators to remove this package from Ubuntu.

Changed in sugar-logviewer-activity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Critical
importance: Critical → High
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