Broken APT -- how to fix this?

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Wed, 2022-11-30 at 13:18 -0500, Robert Heller wrote:
> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
>   mxe-x86-64-unknown-linux-gnu-mxe-conf 
> Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.

> The following additional packages will be installed:
>   mxe-x86-64-pc-linux-gnu-cmake-conf mxe-x86-64-pc-linux-gnu-mxe-conf
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   mxe-x86-64-pc-linux-gnu-cmake-conf mxe-x86-64-pc-linux-gnu-mxe-conf

>  trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/mxe/usr/bin/config.guess', which is also in package mxe-x86-64-unknown-linux-gnu-mxe-conf 1-20170208
>  trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/mxe/usr/share/cmake/modules/FindFreetype.cmake', which is also in package mxe-x86-64-unknown-linux-gnu-mxe-conf 1-20170208

Hi,

this log tells you that two files are provided by a package that is
seemingly from a third party repository. The package name is
mxe-x86-64-unknown-linux-gnu-mxe-conf
It also tells you that you can remove the unnecessary conflicting
package by running

sudo apt autoremove

you probably also need to run

sudo apt update
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt install -f

to fix the broken install.

Regards,
Ralf