package libtidy-0.99-0 not installed failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite /usr/lib/libtidy.so , which is also in package tidy 5.2.0

Bug #1574377 reported by Majora320
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Bug Description

I removed libtidy-0.99-0 because it was conflicting with the tidy I was trying to install from the site from a .deb package (the official package is outdated, HTML 3). Now Ubuntu has deleted the **newer** libtidy-0.99-0 package and when I run tidy it comes up with an error (can't load the .so file). When I run apt-get upgrade it comes up with a missing depends error:

$ sudo apt-get upgrade
[sudo] password for moses:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 tidy : Depends: libtidy-0.99-0 (>= 20091223cvs-1.5) but it is not installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.

When I run with -f it wants to install libtidy-0-99-0, but the old version. Could you please fix this problem by either adding to the libtidy-0.99-0 package to look for the .so file and not overwrite it or provide a more recent (HTML5) version of tidy in the package manager. Thanks!

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libtidy-0.99-0 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 24 13:00:22 2016
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libtidy.so', which is also in package tidy 5.2.0
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-22 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release i386 (20160420.1)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1
 apt 1.2.10ubuntu1
SourcePackage: tidy
Title: package libtidy-0.99-0 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libtidy.so', which is also in package tidy 5.2.0
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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