I had a similar thing happen when installing lib64ncurses5-dev, I think (I thought I was installing 64 bit libraries). I have gotten back to a usable state now, except for this:
$ sudo apt-get install -f Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libc6-dev-i386 The following NEW packages will be installed: libc6-dev-i386 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 18 not upgraded. 120 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/1,149 kB of archives. After this operation, 6,337 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 271375 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libc6-dev-i386_2.19-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libc6-dev-i386 (2.19-0ubuntu6) ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-dev-i386_2.19-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/include/sys/timerfd.h', which is also in package libc6-dev-amd64 2.19-0ubuntu6 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-dev-i386_2.19-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1312917 Title: package libc6-dev-i386 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/include/sys/timerfd.h', which is also in package libc6-dev-amd64 2.19-0ubuntu6, ncurse To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/+bug/1312917/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
