[Bug 1531070] Re: package plymouth 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_plymouth.py', which is also in package libplymouth2:amd64 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1

Steve Langasek steve.langasek at canonical.com
Tue Jan 5 17:39:36 UTC 2016


This doesn't appear to be a bug in plymouth, but in dpkg.  The plymouth
package in xenial (which is the one that was being installed - plymouth
0.9.2-3ubuntu8, not plymouth 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1, despite what the
autogenerated bug says) declares a Replaces: libplymouth2, which should
cause its apport file to replace the one from libplymouth2 without
error.

As an aside, I'm not sure what commands you ran within synaptic to get
your system in this situation, but recovering from a manually-installed
package's unsatisfiable dependencies should not involve installing
packages from xenial onto a trusty system.

I'm not sure if there's anything more here that we can do to facilitate
recovery now that your system is in this situation.

** Package changed: plymouth (Ubuntu) => dpkg (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

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Title:
  package plymouth 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1 failed to install/upgrade: trying
  to overwrite '/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_plymouth.py',
  which is also in package libplymouth2:amd64 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1

Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  First, I tried to install gnome-inform7_6L38-0ubuntu1_i386.deb via dpkg.
  That reported:

  Selecting previously unselected package gnome-inform7.
  (Reading database ... 1202020 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to unpack .../gnome-inform7_6L38-0ubuntu1_i386.deb ...
  Unpacking gnome-inform7 (6L38-0ubuntu1) ...
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-inform7:
   gnome-inform7 depends on libgoocanvas3 (>= 0.15).
   gnome-inform7 depends on libgtksourceview2.0-0 (>= 2.10.0).
   gnome-inform7 depends on libgtkspell0 (>= 2.0.10).
   gnome-inform7 depends on libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 (>= 1.5.1).
   gnome-inform7 depends on libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 (>= 1.3.10).
   gnome-inform7 depends on dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend.

  dpkg: error processing package gnome-inform7 (--install):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1.1) ...
  Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ...
  Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1) ...
  Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
  Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ...
  Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.40.2-0ubuntu1) ...
  Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:i386 (2.40.2-0ubuntu1) ...
  Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.2-0ubuntu3) ...
  Unknown media type in type 'all/all'
  Unknown media type in type 'all/allfiles'
  Unknown media type in type 'uri/mms'
  Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmst'
  Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmsu'
  Unknown media type in type 'uri/pnm'
  Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspt'
  Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspu'
  Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   gnome-inform7

  So then I simply ran synaptic to mark all packages needing update, and
  applied changes.

  That worked for a while, but reported a broken package (plymouth),
  which it couldn't seem to repair.  So at that point I switched to the
  command line.  I did an apt-get update, followed by an apt-get check,
  which reported:

  # apt-get check
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
  The following packages have unmet dependencies:
   account-plugin-aim : Depends: empathy (= 3.8.6-0ubuntu9.2) but it is not installed
                        Depends: mcp-account-manager-uoa but it is not installed
   account-plugin-jabber : Depends: empathy (= 3.8.6-0ubuntu9.2) but it is not installed
                           Depends: mcp-account-manager-uoa but it is not installed
   account-plugin-salut : Depends: empathy (= 3.8.6-0ubuntu9.2) but it is not installed
                          Depends: mcp-account-manager-uoa but it is not installed
   inkscape : Depends: libglibmm-2.4-1c2a (>= 2.36.2) but it is not installed
              Depends: libpangomm-1.4-1 (>= 2.27.1) but it is not installed
              Depends: libsigc++-2.0-0c2a (>= 2.0.2) but it is not installed
              Recommends: perlmagick
   libatkmm-1.6-1 : Depends: libglibmm-2.4-1c2a (>= 2.36.2) but it is not installed
                    Depends: libsigc++-2.0-0c2a (>= 2.0.2) but it is not installed
   libbaloofiles4 : Depends: libxapian22 but it is not installed
   libbalooxapian4 : Depends: libxapian22 but it is not installed
   libc-bin : Depends: libc6 (< 2.20) but 2.21-0ubuntu5 is installed
   libc-dev-bin : Depends: libc6 (< 2.20) but 2.21-0ubuntu5 is installed
   libc6-dbg : Depends: libc6 (= 2.19-0ubuntu6.6) but 2.21-0ubuntu5 is installed
   libc6-dev : Depends: libc6 (= 2.19-0ubuntu6.6) but 2.21-0ubuntu5 is installed
   libc6-i386 : Depends: libc6 (= 2.19-0ubuntu6.6) but 2.21-0ubuntu5 is installed
   libcairomm-1.0-1 : Depends: libsigc++-2.0-0c2a (>= 2.0.2) but it is not installed
   libdrm-dev : Depends: libdrm2 (= 2.4.60-2~ubuntu14.04.1) but 2.4.65-3 is installed
                Depends: libdrm-intel1 (= 2.4.60-2~ubuntu14.04.1) but 2.4.65-3 is installed
                Depends: libdrm-radeon1 (= 2.4.60-2~ubuntu14.04.1) but 2.4.65-3 is installed
                Depends: libdrm-nouveau2 (= 2.4.60-2~ubuntu14.04.1) but 2.4.65-3 is installed
   libegl1-mesa-drivers : Depends: libegl1-mesa (= 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.5)
                          Depends: libwayland-egl1-mesa (= 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.5)
   libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a : Depends: libglibmm-2.4-1c2a (>= 2.36.2) but it is not installed
                       Depends: libpangomm-1.4-1 (>= 2.27.1) but it is not installed
                       Depends: libsigc++-2.0-0c2a (>= 2.0.2) but it is not installed
   libplymouth4 : Breaks: plymouth (< 0.9.2-1~) but 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1 is installed
   libproxy-tools : Depends: libproxy1 (>= 0.4.7) but it is not installed
   libproxy1-plugin-gsettings : Depends: libproxy1 (= 0.4.11-0ubuntu4) but it is not installed
   libproxy1-plugin-networkmanager : Depends: libproxy1 (= 0.4.11-0ubuntu4) but it is not installed
   libqapt2 : Depends: libxapian22 but it is not installed
   libtelepathy-farstream3 : Depends: libfarstream-0.2-2 (>= 0.1.91) but it is not installed
   libvncserver0 : Depends: libgnutls28 (>= 3.2.10-0) but it is not installed
   libx11-xcb-dev : Depends: libx11-xcb1 (= 2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2) but 2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2 is installed
   libxcb-dri2-0-dev : Depends: libxcb-dri2-0 (= 1.10-2ubuntu1) but 1.11.1-1ubuntu1 is installed
   libxcb-xfixes0-dev : Depends: libxcb-xfixes0 (= 1.10-2ubuntu1) but 1.11.1-1ubuntu1 is installed
   libxdamage-dev : Depends: libxdamage1 (= 1:1.1.4-1ubuntu1) but 1:1.1.4-2 is installed
   libxext-dev : Depends: libxext6 (= 2:1.3.2-1ubuntu0.0.14.04.1) but 2:1.3.3-1 is installed
   nautilus-sendto-empathy : Depends: empathy (= 3.8.6-0ubuntu9.2) but it is not installed
   nfs-common : Depends: libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.99) but 2:1.02.77-6ubuntu2 is installed
   plymouth-label : Depends: plymouth (= 0.9.2-3ubuntu8) but 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1 is installed
   plymouth-theme-ubuntu-logo : Depends: plymouth (= 0.9.2-3ubuntu8) but 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1 is installed
   plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text : Depends: plymouth (= 0.9.2-3ubuntu8) but 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1 is installed
   python-xapian : Depends: libxapian22 (>= 1.2.16) but it is not installed
   signon-ui : Depends: libproxy1 (>= 0.4.7) but it is not installed
   signond : Depends: libproxy1 (>= 0.4.7) but it is not installed
   udev : Depends: libudev1 (= 204-5ubuntu20.15) but 228-2ubuntu2 is installed
   unity-webapps-qml : Depends: libqt5webkit5-qmlwebkitplugin but it is not installed
   vlc-nox : Depends: libgnutls28 (>= 3.2.10-0) but it is not installed
   zeitgeist-core : Depends: libxapian22 but it is not installed
  E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.

  So I did that:

  # apt-get -f install
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  Correcting dependencies... Done
  The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
    dconf-gsettings-backend:i386 gcc-4.8-base:i386 libcgmanager0:i386
    libdconf1:i386 libebook-1.2-16 libebook-contacts-1.2-2 libedata-book-1.2-25
    libedataserverui-1.2-1 libegl1-mesa:i386 libept1.4.12 libgbm1:i386
    libgdome2-0 libgeocode-glib0 libgles1-mesa libgom-1.0-0 libgom-1.0-common
    libgssglue1 libjasper1:i386 libllvm3.4:i386 libnih-dbus1:i386 libnih1:i386
    libprotobuf8 libquvi-scripts-0.9 libsdl-image1.2 libva-drm1 libva-x11-1
    libwayland-client0:i386 libwayland-server0:i386 libxcb-composite0
    libxcb-xfixes0:i386 libxcb-xv0 linux-headers-3.13.0-73
    linux-headers-3.13.0-73-generic linux-image-3.13.0-73-generic
    linux-image-extra-3.13.0-73-generic linux-signed-image-3.13.0-73-generic
    lua-bitop lua-expat lua-json lua-lpeg lua-socket workrave-data x11vnc-data
  Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
  The following additional packages will be installed:
    account-plugin-aim account-plugin-jabber account-plugin-salut
    account-plugin-yahoo cheese cheese-common empathy empathy-common
    evolution-data-server-common evolution-data-server-online-accounts
    folks-common gir1.2-cogl-1.0 gir1.2-coglpango-1.0 gir1.2-totem-1.0
    gstreamer1.0-clutter gstreamer1.0-clutter-3.0 gstreamer1.0-plugins-base
    gstreamer1.0-plugins-base:i386 imagemagick-common inkscape libatkmm-1.6-1v5
    libavahi-ui-gtk3-0 libc-bin libc-dev-bin libc6-dbg libc6-dev libc6-i386
    libcairomm-1.0-1v5 libcamel-1.2-54 libcdparanoia0:i386 libcdr-0.1-1v5
    libchamplain-0.12-0 libcheese-gtk25 libcheese8 libclutter-1.0-0
    libclutter-gst-2.0-0 libclutter-gst-3.0-0 libclutter-gtk-1.0-0
    libcogl-pango20 libcogl-path20 libcogl20 libdevmapper1.02.1 libdrm-dev
    libebackend-1.2-10 libebook-1.2-16 libebook-contacts-1.2-2
    libedata-book-1.2-25 libedataserver-1.2-21 libedataserverui-1.2-1
    libfolks-telepathy25 libfolks25 libgeocode-glib0 libgoa-1.0-0b
    libgoa-1.0-common libgoa-backend-1.0-1 libgomp1 libgrilo-0.2-1 libgsl2
    libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0:i386
    libgtkmm-2.4-1v5 libimage-magick-perl libimage-magick-q16-perl
    libmagick++-6.q16-5v5 libmagickcore-6.q16-2 libmagickwand-6.q16-2
    liborc-0.4-0 liborc-0.4-0:i386 libpangomm-1.4-1v5 libproxy1-plugin-gsettings
    libproxy1-plugin-networkmanager librevenge-0.0-0 libtelepathy-farstream3
    libtelepathy-glib0 libtheora0 libtheora0:i386 libtotem0 libvisio-0.1-1
    libvisual-0.4-0 libvisual-0.4-0:i386 libvncclient1 libwpd-0.10-10
    libwpg-0.3-3 libx11-xcb-dev libxcb-dri2-0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev
    libxdamage-dev libxext-dev mcp-account-manager-uoa plymouth python-xapian
    remmina remmina-common remmina-plugin-vnc signon-ui signon-ui-service
    signon-ui-x11 signond udev unity-webapps-qml zeitgeist-core
  Suggested packages:
    gnome-video-effects-frei0r evolution gvfs:i386 dia | dia-gnome libsvg-perl
    libxml-xql-perl python-uniconvertor glibc-doc gsl-ref-psdoc | gsl-doc-pdf
    | gsl-doc-info | gsl-ref-html libvisual-0.4-plugins:i386 imagemagick-doc
    libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra libxext-doc account-plugin-gadugadu
    account-plugin-groupwise account-plugin-icq account-plugin-irc
    account-plugin-mxit account-plugin-myspace account-plugin-sametime
    account-plugin-sip account-plugin-yahoojp account-plugin-zephyr desktop-base
    plymouth-themes xapian-doc qtdeclarative5-online-accounts-client0.1
    qtdeclarative5-ubuntu-content1 qtdeclarative5-ubuntu-download-manager0.1
  Recommended packages:
    gnome-contacts dmsetup libfolks-eds25 ubuntu-control-center-signon
    remmina-plugin-rdp
  The following packages will be REMOVED:
    evolution-data-server gnome-contacts kde-runtime ksnapshot
    kubuntu-debug-installer libatkmm-1.6-1 libbaloofiles4 libbalooxapian4
    libcairomm-1.0-1 libcheese-gtk23 libcheese7 libcogl-pango15 libcogl15
    libegl1-mesa-drivers libfolks-eds25 libgsl0ldbl libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a
    libkubuntu0 libproxy-tools libqapt2 libqapt2-runtime libvlc5 libvlccore8
    libvncserver0 nautilus-sendto-empathy nepomuk-core-runtime okular qapt-batch
    remmina-plugin-rdp totem totem-mozilla totem-plugins vlc-nox
    vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-samba x11vnc
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
    account-plugin-yahoo empathy gstreamer1.0-clutter-3.0
    gstreamer1.0-plugins-base:i386 libatkmm-1.6-1v5 libavahi-ui-gtk3-0
    libcairomm-1.0-1v5 libcamel-1.2-54 libcdparanoia0:i386 libcdr-0.1-1v5
    libcheese-gtk25 libcheese8 libclutter-gst-3.0-0 libcogl-pango20
    libcogl-path20 libcogl20 libebackend-1.2-10 libebook-1.2-16
    libebook-contacts-1.2-2 libedata-book-1.2-25 libedataserver-1.2-21
    libedataserverui-1.2-1 libgeocode-glib0 libgsl2 libgtkmm-2.4-1v5
    libimage-magick-perl libimage-magick-q16-perl libmagick++-6.q16-5v5
    libmagickcore-6.q16-2 libmagickwand-6.q16-2 libpangomm-1.4-1v5
    librevenge-0.0-0 libtheora0:i386 libvisio-0.1-1 libvisual-0.4-0:i386
    libvncclient1 libwpd-0.10-10 libwpg-0.3-3 mcp-account-manager-uoa
    signon-ui-service signon-ui-x11
  The following packages will be upgraded:
    account-plugin-aim account-plugin-jabber account-plugin-salut cheese
    cheese-common empathy-common evolution-data-server-common
    evolution-data-server-online-accounts folks-common gir1.2-cogl-1.0
    gir1.2-coglpango-1.0 gir1.2-totem-1.0 gstreamer1.0-clutter
    gstreamer1.0-plugins-base imagemagick-common inkscape libc-bin libc-dev-bin
    libc6-dbg libc6-dev libc6-i386 libchamplain-0.12-0 libclutter-1.0-0
    libclutter-gst-2.0-0 libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 libdevmapper1.02.1 libdrm-dev
    libfolks-telepathy25 libfolks25 libgoa-1.0-0b libgoa-1.0-common
    libgoa-backend-1.0-1 libgomp1 libgrilo-0.2-1 libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0
    libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0:i386 liborc-0.4-0 liborc-0.4-0:i386
    libproxy1-plugin-gsettings libproxy1-plugin-networkmanager
    libtelepathy-farstream3 libtelepathy-glib0 libtheora0 libtotem0
    libvisual-0.4-0 libx11-xcb-dev libxcb-dri2-0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev
    libxdamage-dev libxext-dev plymouth python-xapian remmina remmina-common
    remmina-plugin-vnc signon-ui signond udev unity-webapps-qml zeitgeist-core
  60 to upgrade, 41 to newly install, 36 to remove and 1480 not to upgrade.
  5 not fully installed or removed.
  Need to get 18.1 MB/38.7 MB of archives.
  After this operation, 7,764 kB of additional disk space will be used.
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  Fetched 18.1 MB in 6s (2,942 kB/s)                                             
  Extracting templates from packages: 100%
  (Reading database ... 1204200 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to unpack .../plymouth_0.9.2-3ubuntu8_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking plymouth (0.9.2-3ubuntu8) over (0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1) ...
  dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/plymouth_0.9.2-3ubuntu8_amd64.deb (--unpack):
   trying to overwrite '/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_plymouth.py', which is also in package libplymouth2:amd64 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1
  dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
  Preparing to unpack .../libdevmapper1.02.1_2%3a1.02.110-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb ...
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  Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/plymouth_0.9.2-3ubuntu8_amd64.deb
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  I think it was after that, I noticed that synaptic itself had been
  removed.

  And the plymouth bug seems to stop any of this from working.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: plymouth 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-68.111-generic 3.13.11-ckt27
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-68-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Jan  5 12:42:33 2016
  DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
  DuplicateSignature: package:plymouth:0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1:trying to overwrite '/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_plymouth.py', which is also in package libplymouth2:amd64 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1
  ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_plymouth.py', which is also in package libplymouth2:amd64 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-24 (710 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140123)
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-68-generic root=UUID=c3e55a79-8e13-4001-b7b4-d73cc05b2443 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-68-generic root=UUID=c3e55a79-8e13-4001-b7b4-d73cc05b2443 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.3ubuntu1
   apt  1.1.10
  SourcePackage: plymouth
  TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
  Title: package plymouth 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_plymouth.py', which is also in package libplymouth2:amd64 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 09/18/2013
  dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
  dmi.bios.version: WYLPT10H.86A.0018.2013.0918.2135
  dmi.board.name: D34010WYK
  dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
  dmi.board.version: H14771-302
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrWYLPT10H.86A.0018.2013.0918.2135:bd09/18/2013:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnD34010WYK:rvrH14771-302:cvn:ct3:cvr:

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