Found a FIX! Just need to move/backup the shared doc file that was causing the problem and all is right again.
~| sudo mv /usr/share/doc/libperl5.26 /usr/share/doc/libperl5.26.barron ~| sudo apt --fix-broken install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following additional packages will be installed: libperl5.26:i386 The following NEW packages will be installed: libperl5.26:i386 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 20 not upgraded. 3 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/3,169 kB of archives. After this operation, 16.3 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] (Reading database ... 647255 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libperl5.26_5.26.0-8ubuntu1.1_i386.deb ... Unpacking libperl5.26:i386 (5.26.0-8ubuntu1.1) ... Setting up perl-modules-5.26 (5.26.0-8ubuntu1.1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.26-0ubuntu2.1) ... Setting up libperl5.26:amd64 (5.26.0-8ubuntu1.1) ... Setting up libperl5.26:i386 (5.26.0-8ubuntu1.1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ... Setting up perl (5.26.0-8ubuntu1.1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.26-0ubuntu2.1) ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1764614 Title: package libperl5.26 5.26.0-8ubuntu1 [modified: usr/share/doc/libperl5.26/changelog.Debian.gz] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libperl5.26/changelog.Debian.gz', which is different from other instances of package libperl5.26:amd64 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/perl/+bug/1764614/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs