package wine1.4-amd64 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/wine/mcicda.dll.so', which is also in package libwine:amd64 1.8.5-1ubuntu1

[Yogesh Ojha]

wine

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: wine1.4-amd64 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-27.29-generic 4.8.1
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-27-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov 29 19:53:01 2016
DuplicateSignature:
 package:wine1.4-amd64:(not installed)
 Unpacking wine1.4-amd64 (1.4.1-0ubuntu5) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-kvglbh/01-wine1.4-amd64_1.4.1-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/wine/mcicda.dll.so', which is also in package libwine:amd64 1.8.5-1ubuntu1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/wine/mcicda.dll.so', which is also in package libwine:amd64 1.8.5-1ubuntu1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-11-24 (5 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1
 apt 1.3.1
SourcePackage: wine1.4
Title: package wine1.4-amd64 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/wine/mcicda.dll.so', which is also in package libwine:amd64 1.8.5-1ubuntu1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[jre (jre-phoenix)]

While looking into bug #1689737 I found this report. I wonder where wine1.4 was coming from, because it is not part of Ubuntu 16.10 and should have been transitioned away from in 16.04.

For more info see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wine/+bug/1689737/comments/2.

So I'm unsure if this report is "invalid" or if we need to handle this in the packages. The transition to the new packages is ongoing till 18.04 and should provide the best experience then.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for wine1.4 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]