Public bug reported:
Unable to install libxfont1-dev alongside libxfont-dev in Ubuntu 16.04.3
LTS on amd64 and ppc64el.
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial
kernel: 4.4.0-92-generic
sudo apt-get install libxfont-dev libxfont1-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libxfont-dev libxfont1-dev
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/251 kB of archives.
After this operation, 972 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package libxfont-dev.
(Reading database ... 249388 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libxfont-dev_1%3a2.0.1-3~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libxfont-dev (1:2.0.1-3~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libxfont1-dev_1%3a1.5.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libxfont1-dev (1:1.5.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive
/var/cache/apt/archives/libxfont1-dev_1%3a1.5.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb
(--unpack):
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
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libxfont1-dev_1%3a1.5.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
It appears both packages maintain these files:
/usr/share/doc/libxfont-dev/fontlib.html
/usr/share/doc/libxfont-dev/fontlib.txt.gz
The libxfont1-dev package in zesty and artful do not use the libxfont-dev path:
/usr/share/doc/libxfont1-dev/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/libxfont1-dev/copyright
/usr/share/doc/libxfont1-dev/fontlib.html
/usr/share/doc/libxfont1-dev/fontlib.txt.gz
This problem did not occur ~1 month ago.
** Affects: libxfont1 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
libxfont1-dev conflicts with libxfont-dev in Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
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