[Bug 684650] [NEW] firefox install fails, required package firefox-branding tries to overwrite /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop

Sundberg Pauli 684650 at bugs.launchpad.net
Fri Dec 3 10:20:19 UTC 2010


Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox

Fresh install from 11.04 (natty) and i tried to install firefox.

root at sundberg-hp1104:/home/sundberg# apt-get install firefox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
firefox is already the newest version.
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 firefox : Depends: firefox-branding or
                    abrowser-branding
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
root at sundberg-hp1104:/home/sundberg# apt-get install -f firefox-branding
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  firefox-branding
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
17 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/3,254 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3,654 kB of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 97571 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking firefox-branding (from .../firefox-branding_4.0~b7+nobinonly-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/firefox-branding_4.0~b7+nobinonly-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop', which is also in package kubuntu-firefox-installer 10.10ubuntu4
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/firefox-branding_4.0~b7+nobinonly-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an err

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

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  firefox install fails, required package firefox-branding tries to overwrite /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop 




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