[Bug 1591915] Re: package libexpat1:i386 2.1.0-4ubuntu1.2 failed to install/upgrade: package libexpat1:i386 is already installed and configured

[dino99]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1407757 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1407757

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1407757
   multi-arch packages cannot be installed due to dpkg wrongly detecting them as already installed

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Title:
  package libexpat1:i386 2.1.0-4ubuntu1.2 failed to install/upgrade:
  package libexpat1:i386 is already installed and configured

Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
    i was installing skype using "sudo apt-get install skype" and
  dropbox was queued to install in the ubuntu software center at the
  time of the failure.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: libexpat1:i386 2.1.0-4ubuntu1.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-38.45~14.04.1-generic 4.2.8-ckt10
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-38-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
  AptdaemonVersion: 1.1.1-1ubuntu5.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashReports:
   600:0:123:318343:2016-06-13 15:33:47.822652816 +0700:2016-06-13 15:33:48.822652816 +0700:/var/crash/libexpat1:i386.0.crash
   600:0:123:318351:2016-06-13 15:33:48.854636874 +0700:2016-06-13 15:33:48.826650873 +0700:/var/crash/libffi6:i386.0.crash
   600:0:123:318357:2016-06-13 15:33:48.890618875 +0700:2016-06-13 15:33:48.862632873 +0700:/var/crash/libgpg-error0:i386.0.crash
  Date: Mon Jun 13 15:33:48 2016
  Dependencies:
   gcc-4.9-base 4.9.3-0ubuntu4
   libc6 2.19-0ubuntu6.9
   libgcc1 1:4.9.3-0ubuntu4
   multiarch-support 2.19-0ubuntu6.9
  DuplicateSignature: package:libexpat1:i386:2.1.0-4ubuntu1.2:package libexpat1:i386 is already installed and configured
  ErrorMessage: package libexpat1:i386 is already installed and configured
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-07 (5 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Edubuntu 14.04.4 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20160217.1)
  PackageArchitecture: i386
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.6
   apt  1.0.1ubuntu2.14
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  Title: package libexpat1:i386 2.1.0-4ubuntu1.2 failed to install/upgrade: package libexpat1:i386 is already installed and configured
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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