Public bug reported:
tried to remove vlc with these commands:
rm -rf /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvlccore.so.9.0.0
apt-get --purge --yes remove '*vlc*'
also removed the videolan ppa videolan.
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: vlc (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-42.46~16.04.1-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-42-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jan 5 12:12:41 2018
DuplicateSignature:
package:vlc:(not installed)
Unpacking libvlccore9:amd64 (4.0.0~rc1~~git20180102+r73456+113~ubuntu16.04.1)
...
dpkg: error processing archive
/var/cache/apt/archives/libvlccore9_4.0.0~rc1~~git20180102+r73456+113~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb
(--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvlccore.so.9.0.0', which is
also in package libvlccore8:amd64 3.0.0~~git20171208+r73126+99~ubuntu16.04.1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/metainfo/vlc.appdata.xml', which
is also in package vlc-data 3.0.0~~git20171208+r73126+99~ubuntu16.04.1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-10 (300 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
(20170215.2)
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.3
apt 1.2.24
SourcePackage: vlc
Title: package vlc (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to
overwrite '/usr/share/metainfo/vlc.appdata.xml', which is also in package
vlc-data 3.0.0~~git20171208+r73126+99~ubuntu16.04.1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2017-12-09 (26 days ago)
** Affects: vlc (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-package package-conflict xenial
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Title:
package vlc (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to
overwrite '/usr/share/metainfo/vlc.appdata.xml', which is also in
package vlc-data 3.0.0~~git20171208+r73126+99~ubuntu16.04.1
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