Thanks for taking the time to report this, richud, and especially for providing the attachments.
This bug bit me today, too. Were you able to implement any sort of a workaround? This seems like a significant problem to go unfixed since September, 2014. Here's what happened, in my particular case (impetus was to compile NGINX): # apt-get install libpcre3-dev zlib1g-dev libssl-dev Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done zlib1g-dev is already the newest version. zlib1g-dev set to manually installed. You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: gcc-4.8-multilib : Depends: libc6-dev-i386 (>= 2.11) but it is not going to be installed lib32z1-dev : Depends: lib32c-dev libc6-dev-x32 : Depends: libc6-dev-i386 (= 2.19-0ubuntu6.5) but it is not going to be installed libpcre3-dev : Depends: libpcrecpp0 (= 1:8.31-2ubuntu2) but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). Okay, so I try "apt-get install -f"... # apt-get -f install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libc6-dev-i386 The following NEW packages will be installed: libc6-dev-i386 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded. 22 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/1,151 kB of archives. After this operation, 6,337 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] (Reading database ... 137387 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libc6-dev-i386_2.19-0ubuntu6.5_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libc6-dev-i386 (2.19-0ubuntu6.5) ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-dev-i386_2.19-0ubuntu6.5_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/include/gnu', which is also in package libc6-dev-amd64 2.19-0ubuntu6.5 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-dev-i386_2.19-0ubuntu6.5_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) It's a bit difficult to compile anything on this system, without access to these crucial libraries. Worse, aptitude is now "stuck" in this state, and complains any time I try to modify a package (even unrelated packages). Here's an example: # apt-get autoremove 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: gcc-4.8-multilib : Depends: libc6-dev-i386 (>= 2.11) but it is not installed lib32z1-dev : Depends: lib32c-dev libc6-dev-x32 : Depends: libc6-dev-i386 (= 2.19-0ubuntu6.5) but it is not installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f. Of course, "apt-get install -f" just vomits the same error that I pasted above. So, I'm stuck in a loop with no way out. Suggestions, anyone? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1365375 Title: package libc6-dev-i386 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/include/gnu', which is also in package libc6 -dev-amd64 2.19-0ubuntu6.3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/+bug/1365375/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
