package libxapian-1.3-5 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/xapian-core/stopwords/dutch.list', which is also in package libxapian-1.3-4 1.3.3-0ubuntu2

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 python3-xapian1.3 : Depends: libxapian-1.3-5 but it is not installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.

sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libxapian-1.3-5
Suggested packages:
  xapian-tools
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libxapian-1.3-5
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 35 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/619 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2.529 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
(Reading database ... 290431 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libxapian-1.3-5_1.3.4-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libxapian-1.3-5 (1.3.4-0ubuntu3) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libxapian-1.3-5_1.3.4-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/xapian-core/stopwords/dutch.list', which is also in package libxapian-1.3-4 1.3.3-0ubuntu2
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu5) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libxapian-1.3-5_1.3.4-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

On my desktop fixed it with:

sudo dpkg -P libxapian-1.3-4 1.3.3-0ubuntu2

yep sudo dpkg -P libxapian-1.3-4 1.3.3-0ubuntu2
apt-get -f install

fixes it

yep, this commands, fix failed upgrade of libxapian package.

dpkg -P libxapian-1.3-4 1.3.3-0ubuntu2
apt-get -f install

Thanks asavah.

This bug was fixed in the package xapian1.3-core - 1.3.4-0ubuntu4

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xapian1.3-core (1.3.4-0ubuntu4) xenial; urgency=medium

  * Add Breaks/Replaces. LP: #1536093.

 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Wed, 20 Jan 2016 12:15:10 +0100

Wonder what #7 change has been really made, but purging the previous libxapian-1.3-4 is still needed to continue the upgrade (with 'sudo dpkg -P') (like #4 comment)

So either the old package has been reloaded with the new name, or something else is still needed.

I got the same and sudo dpkg -P libxapian-1.3-4 1.3.3-0ubuntu2 didn't work.
I had to manually install libxapian-1.3-5. Then it worked.

cavsfan@cavsfan-le-beast:~$ sudo dpkg -P libxapian-1.3-4 1.3.3-0ubuntu2
(Reading database ... 250782 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libxapian-1.3-4 (1.3.3-0ubuntu2) ...
Purging configuration files for libxapian-1.3-4 (1.3.3-0ubuntu2) ...
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove 1.3.3-0ubuntu2 which isn't installed
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu5) ...
cavsfan@cavsfan-le-beast:~$ ud2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 python3-xapian1.3 : Depends: libxapian-1.3-5 but it is not installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
cavsfan@cavsfan-le-beast:~$ sudo apt-get install libxapian-1.3-5
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  xapian-tools
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libxapian-1.3-5
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

workaround #4 and #5 works to me too!
thanks

The Breaks/Replaces that Matthias specified were missing a couple hyphens, explaining why this issue is ongoing. I'll upload a quick fix.

jk, this is in main. Matthias, can you please fix your Breaks/Replaces to affect the correct packages?
libxapian1.3-4 should be libxapian-1.3-4
libxapian1.3-4-dbg should be libxapian-1.3-4-dbg

This bug was fixed in the package xapian1.3-core - 1.3.4-0ubuntu5

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xapian1.3-core (1.3.4-0ubuntu5) xenial; urgency=medium

  * Fix Breaks/Replaces package names. LP: #1536093.

 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:59:21 +0100

# install-docs --verbose --check /usr/share/doc-base/xapian-python3-docs
Warning in `/usr/share/doc-base/xapian-python3-docs', line 9: file `/usr/share/doc/python3-xapian1.3/index.html' does not exist.
Error in `/usr/share/doc-base/xapian-python3-docs', line 9: all `Format' sections are invalid.

Jeffery, please file a new bug for that separate issue. Thanks!

I did and some idiot declined it

and by idiot I mean "dino99 (9d9)"