Public bug reported: Was trying to install gdb-arm-none-eabi in my system where the linux gdb is also installed.
Complains about overwriting the man page! (which is possibly? common to both) The following NEW packages will be installed: gdb-arm-none-eabi 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 28 not upgraded. Need to get 2 480 kB of archives. After this operation, 6 544 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/ubuntu/ trusty/universe gdb-arm-none-eabi amd64 7.6.50.20131218-0ubuntu1+1 [2 480 kB] Fetched 2 480 kB in 2s (1 239 kB/s) (Reading database ... 687743 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 7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.2 dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ... 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: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: gdb-arm-none-eabi (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-61.100-generic 3.13.11-ckt22 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-61-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11 AptOrdering: gdb-arm-none-eabi: Install gdb-arm-none-eabi: Configure Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Aug 6 18:06:20 2015 DpkgHistoryLog: Start-Date: 2015-08-06 18:06:19 Commandline: apt-get install gdb-arm-none-eabi Install: gdb-arm-none-eabi:amd64 (7.6.50.20131218-0ubuntu1+1) DpkgTerminalLog: 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 7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.2 DuplicateSignature: package:gdb-arm-none-eabi:(not installed):trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/gdb.1.gz', which is also in package gdb 7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.2 ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/gdb.1.gz', which is also in package gdb 7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.2 SourcePackage: gdb-arm-none-eabi Title: package gdb-arm-none-eabi (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/gdb.1.gz', which is also in package gdb 7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.2 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: gdb-arm-none-eabi (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-package need-duplicate-check package-conflict trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1482286 Title: package gdb-arm-none-eabi not installed failed to install/upgrade: trying to overWRITE /usr/share/man/man1/gdb.1.gz , which is also in package gdb 7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdb-arm-none-eabi/+bug/1482286/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
