This might only happen if you have pidgin-facebookchat installed (as I did). If you remove pidgin-facebookchat and then update it works. However I found that:
sudo aptitude remove pidgin-facebookchat failed with the first solution: Upgrade the following packages: pidgin-data [1:2.7.7-1ubuntu0+pidgin1.10.04 (now) -> 1:2.7.9-1ubuntu0+pidgin1.10.04 (lucid)] but worked with the second: Downgrade the following packages: pidgin [1:2.7.9-1ubuntu0+pidgin1.10.04 (lucid, now) -> 1:2.6.6-1ubuntu4.3 (lucid-proposed)] pidgin-data [1:2.7.7-1ubuntu0+pidgin1.10.04 (now) -> 1:2.6.6-1ubuntu4.3 (lucid-proposed)] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/697097 Title: package pidgin-data 1:2.7.7-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin/protocols/48/facebook.png', which is also in package pidgin-facebookchat 1.67.1-1 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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