Bug 493331 - E: /var/cache/apt/archives/update-notifier-common_3.192.54.8_all.deb: trying to overwrite '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic', which is also in package apt-config-auto-update 2.1+nmu1
Summary: E: /var/cache/apt/archives/update-notifier-common_3.192.54.8_all.deb: trying ...
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Discover
Classification: Applications
Component: PackageKit (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.1.5
Platform: Neon Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2024-09-18 17:27 UTC by geomolle
Modified: 2024-09-18 23:13 UTC (History)
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Description geomolle 2024-09-18 17:27:46 UTC 
***E: /var/cache/apt/archives/update-notifier-common_3.192.54.8_all.deb: trying to overwrite '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic', which is also in package apt-config-auto-update 2.1+nmu1

Discover error message above
Synaptic error message below

Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 605885 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../update-notifier-common_3.192.54.8_all.deb ...
Unpacking update-notifier-common (3.192.54.8) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/update-notifier-common_3.192.54.8_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic', which is also in package apt-config-auto-update 2.1+nmu1
dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/update-notifier-common_3.192.54.8_all.deb
Updating chkboot hashes of your boot files...
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:



Operating System: KDE neon 6.0
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.5.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2
Kernel Version: 6.2.0-39-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 32 × AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
Memory: 125.7 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti/PCIe/SSE2


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SUMMARY
updates failing to install
observed  in  Discover, Synaptic, and trying from command line


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-09-18 18:01:38 UTC 
This is a bug in the Apt backend plugin that Discover uses. Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it in Discover. It needs to be reported at https://github.com/PackageKit/PackageKit/issues/