[Bug 688954] [NEW] kubuntu-firefox-installer includes firefox.desktop which is in the actual firefox package which blocks installation

Launchpad Bug Tracker 688954 at bugs.launchpad.net
Sat Dec 11 16:12:19 UTC 2010


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Binary package hint: kubuntu-firefox-installer

Kubuntu-firefox-installer (in Natty) failes with a message about
overwriting  '/usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop' which is included
in both the installer package and the firefox-branding package.

Output of apt-get -f install after the kubuntu-firefox-installer has failed:
george at george-kubuntu-dev:~$ sudo apt-get -f install 
. . .
The following extra packages will be installed:
  firefox-branding
The following NEW packages will be installed
  firefox-branding
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
4 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/3,256 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3,654 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 
(Reading database ... 130299 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking firefox-branding (from .../firefox-branding_4.0~b7+nobinonly-0ubuntu3_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/firefox-branding_4.0~b7+nobinonly-0ubuntu3_i386.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_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


george at george-kubuntu-dev:~$ apt-cache policy kubuntu-firefox-installer
kubuntu-firefox-installer:
  Installed: 10.10ubuntu4
  Candidate: 10.10ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 10.10ubuntu4 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status


george at george-kubuntu-dev:~$ apt-cache policy firefox-branding
firefox-branding:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 4.0~b7+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
     4.0~b7+nobinonly-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages

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

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kubuntu-firefox-installer includes firefox.desktop which is in the actual firefox package which blocks installation
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/688954
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