Good afternoon Christain,
Interesting. Here is the resultof the commands:
will@will-ThinkPad-T480:~$ apt policy qemu qemu-system-data
qemu:
Installed: 9.2.2
Candidate: 9.2.2
Version table:
*** 9.2.2 100
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
qemu-system-data:
Installed: 1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.18
Candidate: 1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.18
Version table:
*** 1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.18 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64
Packages
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/main i386
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.16 500
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security/main amd64
Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security/main i386
Packages
1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main i386 Packages
will@will-ThinkPad-T480:~$
will@will-ThinkPad-T480:~$ dpkg -S /usr/share/applications/qemu.desktop
qemu-system-data: /usr/share/applications/qemu.desktop
Kind regards,
Will
On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 6:10 AM Christian Ehrhardt <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi William,
>
> You seem to be on 24.04 according the bug data
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
> ApportVersion: 2.28.3-0ubuntu0.1
> And the 7.0 kernel could be from linux-generic-hwe-24.04
>
> But with that, there is not really a "qemu 9.2.2" that is in the error
> message.
>
> qemu | 1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1 | noble | source
> qemu | 1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.16 | noble-security | source
> qemu | 1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.18 | noble-updates | source
>
> You could have 9.2 form a PPA or from a newer release but that could
> explain mismatches and issues.
> In fact there is no "qemu" package only the source has that name.
>
> The log file shows it tries to install the right one that is in noble
> (8.2.2):
>
> Start-Date: 2026-08-23 06:10:56
> Commandline: apt install claude-desktop
> Requested-By: will (1000)
> Install: qemu-system-x86:amd64 (1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.18, automatic),
> ovmf:amd64 (2024.02-2ubuntu0.9, automatic), libjack-jackd2-0:amd64
> (1.9.21~dfsg-3ubuntu3, automatic), qemu-system-modules-opengl:amd64
> (1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.18, automatic), qemu-system-modules-spice:amd64
> (1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.18, automatic), libslirp0:amd64 (4.7.0-1ubuntu3.1,
> automatic), ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms:amd64
> (1.0.0+git-20150424.a25a16d-0ubuntu5, automatic), ipxe-qemu:amd64
> (1.21.1+git-20220113.fbbdc3926-0ubuntu2, automatic), qemu-utils:amd64
> (1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.18, automatic), claude-desktop:amd64 (1.34493.1),
> virtiofsd:amd64 (1.10.0-1ubuntu0.1, automatic), seabios:amd64 (1.16.3-2,
> automatic), qemu-system-common:amd64 (1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.18, automatic),
> qemu-block-extra:amd64 (1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.18, automatic),
> libvirglrenderer1:amd64 (1.0.0-1ubuntu2, automatic), qemu-system-data:amd64
> (1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.18, automatic), qemu-system-gui:amd64
> (1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.18, automatic)
>
> The question really is where that odd qemu (odd name) 9.2.2 (unexpected
> version) is from.
> To try to understand what might be going on, could I ask you to provide
> the output of:
>
> $ apt policy qemu qemu-system-data
> $ dpkg -S /usr/share/applications/qemu.desktop
>
> ** Changed in: qemu (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2164832
>
> Title:
> package qemu-system-data (not installed) failed to install/upgrade:
> trying to overwrite '/usr/share/applications/qemu.desktop', which is
> also in package qemu 9.2.2
>
> Status in qemu package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Install package isn't working.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
> Package: qemu-system-data (not installed)
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 7.0.0-29.29~24.04.2-generic 7.0.12
> Uname: Linux 7.0.0-29-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.28.3-0ubuntu0.1
> Architecture: amd64
> CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
> Date: Sun Aug 23 06:11:03 2026
> ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite
> '/usr/share/applications/qemu.desktop', which is also in package qemu 9.2.2
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-02-24 (545 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64
> (20250215)
> Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.12, Python 3.12.3, python3-minimal,
> 3.12.3-0ubuntu2.1
> PythonDetails: N/A
> RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> dpkg 1.22.6ubuntu6.6
> apt 2.8.3
> SourcePackage: qemu
> Title: package qemu-system-data (not installed) failed to
> install/upgrade: trying to overwrite
> '/usr/share/applications/qemu.desktop', which is also in package qemu 9.2.2
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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