hi, a. Is there any workaround for this issue? If so please post it here as am very new to Ubuntu. I suppose the bug is still present and not fixed yet. b. Since I am also affected by this issue, should I report this as a bug ?
Here is the error that I get : > sudo apt-get install icedtea-netx Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: icedtea-netx 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 474 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/19.6 kB of archives. After this operation, 155 kB of additional disk space will be used. (Reading database ... 256806 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../icedtea-netx_1.5-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking icedtea-netx:amd64 (1.5-1ubuntu1) ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/icedtea-netx_1.5-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite shared '/usr/bin/policyeditor', which is different from other instances of package icedtea-netx:amd64 Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1) ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/icedtea-netx_1.5-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1309142 Title: package icedtea-netx 1.5-1ubuntu1 [modified: usr/bin/policyeditor] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/bin/policyeditor', which is different from other instances of package icedtea-netx:i386 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/icedtea-web/+bug/1309142/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
