Public bug reported: me@ubuntuionic:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages have been kept back: linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded. me@ubuntuionic:~$ sudo apt-get install ipxe-qemu libvirt-daemon Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd qemu-block-extra qemu-kvm qemu-system-common qemu-system-x86 qemu-utils seabios Suggested packages: libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs libvirt-daemon-system sgabios The following NEW packages will be installed: ipxe-qemu ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms libvirt-daemon libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd qemu-block-extra qemu-kvm qemu-system-common qemu-system-x86 qemu-utils seabios 0 upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded. Need to get 1022 kB/11.1 MB of archives. After this operation, 48.1 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y Get:1 http://ar.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms all 1.0.0+git-20150424.a25a16d-0ubuntu2 [545 kB] Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jacob/virtualisation/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 qemu-block-extra amd64 1:2.12+dfsg-0~18.04~ppa0 [135 kB] Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jacob/virtualisation/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd amd64 4.7.0-0~18.04~ppa1 [134 kB] Get:4 http://ar.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 seabios all 1.10.2-1ubuntu1 [128 kB] Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jacob/virtualisation/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 qemu-kvm amd64 1:2.12+dfsg-0~18.04~ppa0 [80.1 kB] Fetched 1022 kB in 4s (260 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package qemu-block-extra:amd64. (Reading database ... 226228 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../0-qemu-block-extra_1%3a2.12+dfsg-0~18.04~ppa0_amd64.deb ... Unpacking qemu-block-extra:amd64 (1:2.12+dfsg-0~18.04~ppa0) ... Preparing to unpack .../1-qemu-system-common_1%3a2.12+dfsg-0~18.04~ppa0_amd64.deb ... Unpacking qemu-system-common (1:2.12+dfsg-0~18.04~ppa0) ... dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-2F9Ty9/1-qemu-system-common_1%3a2.12+dfsg-0~18.04~ppa0_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/virtfs-proxy-helper', which is also in package qemu-4.2.0 4.2.0-1 dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Preparing to unpack .../2-ipxe-qemu_1.0.0+git-20180124.fbe8c52d-0ubuntu2.2_all.deb ... Unpacking ipxe-qemu (1.0.0+git-20180124.fbe8c52d-0ubuntu2.2) ... dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-2F9Ty9/2-ipxe-qemu_1.0.0+git-20180124.fbe8c52d-0ubuntu2.2_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/share/qemu/pxe-e1000.rom', which is also in package qemu-4.2.0 4.2.0-1 Selecting previously unselected package ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms. Preparing to unpack .../3-ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms_1.0.0+git-20150424.a25a16d-0ubuntu2_all.deb ... Unpacking ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms (1.0.0+git-20150424.a25a16d-0ubuntu2) ... Preparing to unpack .../4-libvirt-daemon_4.7.0-0~18.04~ppa1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libvirt-daemon (4.7.0-0~18.04~ppa1) ... dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-2F9Ty9/4-libvirt-daemon_4.7.0-0~18.04~ppa1_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/sbin/libvirtd', which is also in package libvirt-6.0.0 0-1 dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Selecting previously unselected package libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd. Preparing to unpack .../5-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd_4.7.0-0~18.04~ppa1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd (4.7.0-0~18.04~ppa1) ... Selecting previously unselected package seabios. Preparing to unpack .../6-seabios_1.10.2-1ubuntu1_all.deb ... Unpacking seabios (1.10.2-1ubuntu1) ... Preparing to unpack .../7-qemu-system-x86_1%3a2.12+dfsg-0~18.04~ppa0_amd64.deb ... Unpacking qemu-system-x86 (1:2.12+dfsg-0~18.04~ppa0) ... dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-2F9Ty9/7-qemu-system-x86_1%3a2.12+dfsg-0~18.04~ppa0_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/qemu-system-i386', which is also in package qemu-4.2.0 4.2.0-1 No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Selecting previously unselected package qemu-kvm. Preparing to unpack .../8-qemu-kvm_1%3a2.12+dfsg-0~18.04~ppa0_amd64.deb ... Unpacking qemu-kvm (1:2.12+dfsg-0~18.04~ppa0) ... Preparing to unpack .../9-qemu-utils_1%3a2.12+dfsg-0~18.04~ppa0_amd64.deb ... Unpacking qemu-utils (1:2.12+dfsg-0~18.04~ppa0) ... dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-2F9Ty9/9-qemu-utils_1%3a2.12+dfsg-0~18.04~ppa0_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/ivshmem-client', which is also in package qemu-4.2.0 4.2.0-1 No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-2F9Ty9/1-qemu-system-common_1%3a2.12+dfsg-0~18.04~ppa0_amd64.deb /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-2F9Ty9/2-ipxe-qemu_1.0.0+git-20180124.fbe8c52d-0ubuntu2.2_all.deb /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-2F9Ty9/4-libvirt-daemon_4.7.0-0~18.04~ppa1_amd64.deb /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-2F9Ty9/7-qemu-system-x86_1%3a2.12+dfsg-0~18.04~ppa0_amd64.deb /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-2F9Ty9/9-qemu-utils_1%3a2.12+dfsg-0~18.04~ppa0_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) me@ubuntuionic:~$ sudo apt-get install ipxe-qemu libvirt-daemon
The fix was to force it: sudo apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite" install ipxe-qemu libvirt-daemon $ apt list | grep -E -e "(ipxe-qemu|libvirt-daemon|libvirt-daemon-system|qemu-system-common|qemu-system-x86|qemu-utils)" ipxe-qemu/bionic-updates,now 1.0.0+git-20180124.fbe8c52d-0ubuntu2.2 all [installed] ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms/bionic,now 1.0.0+git-20150424.a25a16d-0ubuntu2 all [installed,automatic] libvirt-daemon/bionic,now 4.7.0-0~18.04~ppa1 amd64 [installed] libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster/bionic 4.7.0-0~18.04~ppa1 amd64 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd/bionic,now 4.7.0-0~18.04~ppa1 amd64 [installed,automatic] libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog/bionic 4.7.0-0~18.04~ppa1 amd64 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs/bionic 4.7.0-0~18.04~ppa1 amd64 libvirt-daemon-system/bionic 4.7.0-0~18.04~ppa1 amd64 qemu-system-common/bionic,now 1:2.12+dfsg-0~18.04~ppa0 amd64 [installed,automatic] qemu-system-x86/bionic,now 1:2.12+dfsg-0~18.04~ppa0 amd64 [installed,automatic] qemu-utils/bionic,now 1:2.12+dfsg-0~18.04~ppa0 amd64 [installed,automatic] $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS Release: 18.04 ** Affects: qemu (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: package-conflict qemu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1883778 Title: Broken pipe: qemu-system-common conflicts with qemu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/+bug/1883778/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs