Public bug reported: This occurred during a local "do-release-upgrade" I did not reboot and instead updated the package trees and performed an apt-get dist-upgrade -f... icedtea installed successfully on the 3rd round of apt-get dist- upgrade -f. This is my children's "edubuntu" laptop. I can only guess that somethings were installed out of order during the upgrade... as the issues experienced had to do with dependencies and they installed after I went through several re-runs of apt-get. Another potential is that upgrading via wireless potentially introduced issues into those packages and cause problems...
ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: icedtea-netx-common 1.2-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.29-generic 3.2.9 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Mar 10 23:15:45 2012 Dependencies: DuplicateSignature: Unpacking icedtea-netx-common (from .../icedtea-netx-common_1.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... Replacing files in old package icedtea-netx ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/icedtea-netx-common_1.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/share/icedtea-web/plugin.jar', which is also in package icedtea-plugin 1.1.3-1ubuntu1.1 ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/icedtea-web/plugin.jar', which is also in package icedtea-plugin 1.1.3-1ubuntu1.1 PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: icedtea-web Title: package icedtea-netx-common 1.2-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/icedtea-web/plugin.jar', which is also in package icedtea-plugin 1.1.3-1ubuntu1.1 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-11 (0 days ago) ** Affects: icedtea-web (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/952273 Title: package icedtea-netx-common 1.2-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/icedtea-web/plugin.jar', which is also in package icedtea-plugin 1.1.3-1ubuntu1.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/icedtea-web/+bug/952273/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs