package sysvutils (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/mesg.1.gz', which is also in package sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu12.04
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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sysvinit (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
I am using Ubuntu 12.04. My update manager shows System-V-like utilities in Other updates(Ubuntu). It also says the update has already been downloaded, but not installed. when I click the install updates, it started to install and at the middle of the install it failed and showed the error massage, Package operation failed.
detail:
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Unpacking sysvutils (from .../sysvutils_
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/
trying to overwrite '/usr/share/
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: sysvutils (not installed)
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
AptOrdering:
sysvutils: Install
sysvutils: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed May 23 22:31:53 2012
DpkgTerminalLog:
Unpacking sysvutils (from .../sysvutils_
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/
trying to overwrite '/usr/share/
DuplicateSignature:
Unpacking sysvutils (from .../sysvutils_
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/
trying to overwrite '/usr/share/
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
SourcePackage: sysvinit
Title: package sysvutils (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #1001904, so 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.