I also get a similar error when trying to upgrade MySQL using the latest Debian package (since the Ubuntu package is has not caught up to the latest MySQL 5.1 release yet)
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-client-5.1_5.1.54-0.dotdeb.0_i386.deb: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/mysql', which is also in package mysql- client-core-5.1 5.1.49-1ubuntu8.1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/567269 Title: package mysql-server-5.1 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/msql2mysql', which is also in package mysql-client 0:5.1.45-2 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
