[Bug 1293450] [NEW] The Package System is Broken

[Pooja Saxena]

Public bug reported:

Dear Experts,
I am using ubuntu 12.04. 
Recently, I started facing issues in updating and installing any packages. Following is the error message I rreceive when I try to update it [1]
When I try using this command, following is the output [2].

I request to kindly reply and help me in fixing this bug.

Kind regards
pooja


[1]
-----------------------------------------------------------
''Check if you are using third party repositories. If so disable them, since they are a common source of problems.
Furthermore run the following command in a Terminal: apt-get install -f''
In Details, it says :
"The following packages have unmet dependencies:

acroread: Depends: acroread-bin but it is a virtual package"


[2]
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pooja $ sudo apt-get install -f
[sudo] password for pooja: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  acroread-bin:i386
Suggested packages:
  libldap2:i386 libgnome-speech7:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  acroread-bin:i386
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 29 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/60.1 MB of archives.
After this operation, 142 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 301465 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking acroread-bin:i386 (from .../acroread-bin_9.5.5-1precise1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/acroread-bin_9.5.5-1precise1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/mozilla/prefs.js', which is also in package adobereader-enu:i386 9.5.5
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/acroread-bin_9.5.5-1precise1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

** Affects: rtmpdump (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  The Package System is Broken

Status in “rtmpdump” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Dear Experts,
  I am using ubuntu 12.04. 
  Recently, I started facing issues in updating and installing any packages. Following is the error message I rreceive when I try to update it [1]
  When I try using this command, following is the output [2].

  I request to kindly reply and help me in fixing this bug.

  Kind regards
  pooja


  [1]
  -----------------------------------------------------------
  ''Check if you are using third party repositories. If so disable them, since they are a common source of problems.
  Furthermore run the following command in a Terminal: apt-get install -f''
  In Details, it says :
  "The following packages have unmet dependencies:

  acroread: Depends: acroread-bin but it is a virtual package"

  
  [2]
  ----------------------------------------------------------------
  pooja $ sudo apt-get install -f
  [sudo] password for pooja: 
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  Correcting dependencies... Done
  The following extra packages will be installed:
    acroread-bin:i386
  Suggested packages:
    libldap2:i386 libgnome-speech7:i386
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
    acroread-bin:i386
  0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 29 not upgraded.
  1 not fully installed or removed.
  Need to get 0 B/60.1 MB of archives.
  After this operation, 142 MB of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
  (Reading database ... 301465 files and directories currently installed.)
  Unpacking acroread-bin:i386 (from .../acroread-bin_9.5.5-1precise1_i386.deb) ...
  dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/acroread-bin_9.5.5-1precise1_i386.deb (--unpack):
   trying to overwrite '/opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/mozilla/prefs.js', which is also in package adobereader-enu:i386 9.5.5
  dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/acroread-bin_9.5.5-1precise1_i386.deb
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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