can't seem to do as described hence it is a confirmed bug...
joey@joey-i7qm:~$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall libasound2:amd64
[sudo] password for joey:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically inst
This indicates that you had an unofficial libasound2:amd64 package
installed on your system. The official packages in the archive will
have matching contents, so there will be no file mismatches causing
unpack failures at install time.
As Luke indicates, reinstalling libasound2:amd64 will fix thi
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: alsa-lib (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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package libasound2 1.0.27.2-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying
to overwrite shared '/usr/