Control: tags -1 wontfix Hello!
The whole point of a -compat package is that it replaces the other with files with the same names in the same paths. You cannot co-install them and there should be no need or use case for anybody to want to do so. Use either one. $ sudo apt install libmysql++-dev Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: default-libmysqlclient-dev libmysql++3v5 libmysqlclient-dev Suggested packages: libmysql++-doc The following packages will be REMOVED: libmariadb-dev-compat The following NEW packages will be installed: default-libmysqlclient-dev libmysql++-dev libmysql++3v5 libmysqlclient-dev $ dpkg -L libmariadb-dev-compat /. /usr /usr/bin /usr/include /usr/lib /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/share /usr/share/doc /usr/share/doc/libmariadb-dev-compat /usr/share/doc/libmariadb-dev-compat/copyright /usr/share/man /usr/share/man/man1 /usr/bin/mysql_config /usr/include/mysql /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmysqlclient.a /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmysqlclient.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmysqlclient_r.a /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmysqlclient_r.so /usr/share/doc/libmariadb-dev-compat/changelog.Debian.gz /usr/share/man/man1/mysql_config.1.gz
