Public bug reported: Since the Update Manager is currently not working I tried doing an update/upgrade from the command line.
First used: sudo apt-get update Next used: sudo apt-get upgrade Here is result: robertjm@NA:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages have been kept back: linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic The following packages will be upgraded: binutils initscripts linux-libc-dev sysv-rc sysvinit-utils 5 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Need to get 3,596 kB of archives. After this operation, 10.2 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main sysvinit-utils amd64 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu6 [64.9 kB] Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main sysv-rc all 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu6 [44.0 kB] Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main initscripts amd64 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu6 [27.3 kB] Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main binutils amd64 2.22-2ubuntu1 [2,637 kB] Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main linux-libc-dev amd64 3.2.0-4.10 [822 kB] Fetched 3,596 kB in 30s (119 kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 128633 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu5 (using .../sysvinit-utils_2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu6_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement sysvinit-utils ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/sysvinit-utils_2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu6_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/etc/bash_completion.d/service', which is also in package bash-completion 1:1.3-1ubuntu6 Preparing to replace sysv-rc 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu5 (using .../sysv-rc_2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu6_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement sysv-rc ... Preparing to replace initscripts 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu5 (using .../initscripts_2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu6_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement initscripts ... Preparing to replace binutils 2.22-1ubuntu1 (using .../binutils_2.22-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement binutils ... Preparing to replace linux-libc-dev 3.2.0-3.9 (using .../linux-libc-dev_3.2.0-4.10_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement linux-libc-dev ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/sysvinit-utils_2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu6_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-3.9-generic 3.2.0-rc4 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-3-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Dec 11 21:27:49 2011 DpkgTerminalLog: Preparing to replace sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu5 (using .../sysvinit-utils_2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu6_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement sysvinit-utils ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/sysvinit-utils_2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu6_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/etc/bash_completion.d/service', which is also in package bash-completion 1:1.3-1ubuntu6 DuplicateSignature: Unpacking replacement sysvinit-utils ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/sysvinit-utils_2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu6_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/etc/bash_completion.d/service', which is also in package bash-completion 1:1.3-1ubuntu6 ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/etc/bash_completion.d/service', which is also in package bash-completion 1:1.3-1ubuntu6 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111209.1) SourcePackage: sysvinit Title: package sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/bash_completion.d/service', which is also in package bash-completion 1:1.3-1ubuntu6 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-12-10 (2 days ago) ** Affects: sysvinit (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-package package-conflict precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/903050 Title: package sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/etc/bash_completion.d/service', which is also in package bash-completion 1:1.3-1ubuntu6 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysvinit/+bug/903050/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
