package libtidy-0.99-0 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libtidy.so', which is also in package libtidy-dev 1:5.2.0-1

[William Geiger]

Conflict with libtidy-0.99 and libtidy5:

dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libtidy-0.99-0_20091223cvs-1.5_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libtidy.so', which is also in package libtidy-dev 1:5.2.0-1

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: libtidy-0.99-0 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-25.44-lowlatency 4.4.13
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-25-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.2-0ubuntu1
AptOrdering:
 libtidy-0.99-0: Install
 abiword: Install
 abiword-plugin-grammar: Install
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jun 23 16:44:48 2016
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Preparing to unpack .../libtidy-0.99-0_20091223cvs-1.5_amd64.deb ...
 Unpacking libtidy-0.99-0 (20091223cvs-1.5) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libtidy-0.99-0_20091223cvs-1.5_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libtidy.so', which is also in package libtidy-dev 1:5.2.0-1
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libtidy-0.99-0:(not installed)
 Unpacking libtidy-0.99-0 (20091223cvs-1.5) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libtidy-0.99-0_20091223cvs-1.5_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libtidy.so', which is also in package libtidy-dev 1:5.2.0-1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libtidy.so', which is also in package libtidy-dev 1:5.2.0-1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-03-04 (111 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160229)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.7ubuntu1
 apt 1.3~exp2ubuntu1
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 libtidy-dev 1:5.2.0-1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[William Geiger (whgiii-q)]

libtidy 0.99-0 is a requirement for Abiword.

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Please disable -proposed updates if you're going to run a development release of Ubuntu:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/785414/

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

uploaded in yakkety, will go in unstable in two days and autosync'd again soonafter

[Nabil Muhammad Firdaus (nmfzone)]

Still happend in Ubuntu 14.04 when run "sudo apt-get upgrade". How to fix this?

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

This is fixed in yakkety because it is fixed in tidy-html5 and I believe tidy will be removed this cycle.

In previous Ubuntu releases, the tidy package installs /usr/lib/libtidy.so which should have been installed by libtidy-dev. I'm marking this low because it only affects users who install third-party software. The developers of that software should be aware of this issue when packaging their software.

[GuiGS (guigs81)]

Workaround for Ubuntu 16.04:

Uninstall and reinstall tidy:

sudo apt autoremove tidy
sudo dpkg -i tidy-5.4.0-64bit.deb

And then exclude tidy from automatic upgrade:

sudo apt-mark hold tidy