are you forcing it because of xserver-xorg-dev depends on libxfont-dev? That's bug 1707691
but libxfont1-dev should still conflict with libxfont-dev, so adding that ** Also affects: libxfont (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: libxfont (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Changed in: libxfont (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: libxfont (Ubuntu Xenial) Assignee: (unassigned) => Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1709885 Title: package libxfont1-dev (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/libxfont-dev/fontlib.html', which is also in package libxfont-dev 1:2.0.1-3~ubuntu16.04.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxfont/+bug/1709885/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs