Public bug reported: Upgrading to vivid (15.04) using "do-release-upgrade -d" caused this error. I had to run "apt-get -f install" and "apt-get dist-upgrade" to finish the upgrade.
1) vivid (15.04) 2) tobefree@tobefree-desktop:~$ apt-cache policy lyx lyx: Installiert: 2.1.3-1 Installationskandidat: 2.1.3-1 Versionstabelle: *** 2.1.3-1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) I expected an upgrade to happen. 4) Instead, an error appeared and the dist-upgrade / release-upgrade did not finish. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: lyx 2.1.3-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Apr 24 06:04:20 2015 DuplicateSignature: package:lyx:2.1.3-1:Versuch, »/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/lyx.png« zu überschreiben, welches auch in Paket lyx-common 2.1.3-1~utopic~ppa2 ist ErrorMessage: Versuch, »/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/lyx.png« zu überschreiben, welches auch in Paket lyx-common 2.1.3-1~utopic~ppa2 ist InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-31 (236 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140723) RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.17.25ubuntu1 apt 1.0.9.7ubuntu4 SourcePackage: lyx Title: package lyx 2.1.3-1 failed to install/upgrade: Versuch, »/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/lyx.png« zu überschreiben, welches auch in Paket lyx-common 2.1.3-1~utopic~ppa2 ist UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-04-22 (2 days ago) ** Affects: lyx (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-package third-party-packages vivid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1448434 Title: package lyx 2.1.3-1 failed to install/upgrade: Versuch, »/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/lyx.png« zu überschreiben, welches auch in Paket lyx-common 2.1.3-1~utopic~ppa2 ist To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lyx/+bug/1448434/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs