[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
You have been subscribed to a public bug:
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
--
kubuntu-firefox-installer includes firefox.desktop which is in the actual firefox package which blocks installation
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/688954
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mozilla Bugs, which is subscribed to firefox in ubuntu.
More information about the Ubuntu-mozillateam-bugs
mailing list