Public bug reported: This happened after doing several tries to recover my OS from a fatal crash during upgrade from 16.04 to 16.10 as my power went off. IDK any more what this problem is about...
ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: codeblocks 16.01+dfsg-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-53.74-generic 4.4.30 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-53-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Dec 19 01:14:08 2016 DuplicateSignature: package:codeblocks:16.01+dfsg-2 Unpacking codeblocks (16.01+dfsg-2) over (16.01~ubuntu16.04.1) ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/codeblocks_16.01+dfsg-2_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/share/applications/codeblocks.desktop', which is also in package codeblocks-common 16.01~ubuntu16.04.1 ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/applications/codeblocks.desktop', which is also in package codeblocks-common 16.01~ubuntu16.04.1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-17 (184 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1 apt 1.3.3 SourcePackage: codeblocks Title: package codeblocks 16.01+dfsg-2 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/applications/codeblocks.desktop', which is also in package codeblocks-common 16.01~ubuntu16.04.1 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: codeblocks (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-package need-duplicate-check package-conflict third-party-packages yakkety -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1650992 Title: package codeblocks 16.01+dfsg-2 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/applications/codeblocks.desktop', which is also in package codeblocks-common 16.01~ubuntu16.04.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/codeblocks/+bug/1650992/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs