Public bug reported: When installing gdb-arm-none-eabi with gdb already installed, there is an error when trying install the manpage:
$ sudo apt-get install gdb-arm-none-eabi Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed gdb-arm-none-eabi 0 to upgrade, 1 to newly install, 0 to remove and 21 not to upgrade. Need to get 2,480 kB of archives. After this operation, 6,544 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe gdb-arm-none-eabi amd64 7.6.50.20131218-0ubuntu1+1 [2,480 kB] Fetched 2,480 kB in 0s (4,030 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package gdb-arm-none-eabi. (Reading database ... 181605 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../gdb-arm-none-eabi_7.6.50.20131218-0ubuntu1+1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking gdb-arm-none-eabi (7.6.50.20131218-0ubuntu1+1) ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/gdb-arm-none-eabi_7.6.50.20131218-0ubuntu1+1_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/gdb.1.gz', which is also in package gdb 7.7-0ubuntu3 dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1) ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/gdb-arm-none-eabi_7.6.50.20131218-0ubuntu1+1_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: gdb-arm-none-eabi (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.47-generic 3.13.9 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri May 16 18:09:40 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-15 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) SourcePackage: gdb-arm-none-eabi UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: gdb-arm-none-eabi (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1320305 Title: gdb-arm-none-eabi's manpage clashes with gdb's manpage To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdb-arm-none-eabi/+bug/1320305/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs