I too have this same error, but have never used the NVIDIA installer to install my graphics driver
# apt-get install nvidia-glx-173 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: dkms fakeroot nvidia-173-kernel-source The following NEW packages will be installed: dkms fakeroot nvidia-173-kernel-source nvidia-glx-173 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/15.7MB of archives. After this operation, 52.4MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Selecting previously deselected package dkms. (Reading database ... 128482 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking dkms (from .../dkms_2.0.20.4-0ubuntu2_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package fakeroot. Unpacking fakeroot (from .../fakeroot_1.9.5ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package nvidia-173-kernel-source. Unpacking nvidia-173-kernel-source (from .../nvidia-173-kernel-source_173.14.12-1-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package nvidia-glx-173. Unpacking nvidia-glx-173 (from .../nvidia-glx-173_173.14.12-1-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/nvidia-glx-173_173.14.12-1-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libGL.so.1', which is also in package libgl1-mesa-glx Processing triggers for man-db ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/nvidia-glx-173_173.14.12-1-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) I've tried removing nvidia-glx-173 and reinstalling xserver-xorg-core and libgl1-mesa-glx, but attempting to reinstall nvidia-glx-173 after that leads to the above error. I'm running Intrepid. -- package nvidia-glx-173 None failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libGL.so.1', which is also in package libgl1-mesa-glx https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/257133 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
