Ubuntu
gnome-software package

Install failure: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.PackageKit.service', which is also in package gnome-packagekit-session 3.14.2-0ubuntu2

Bug #1544471 reported by Iain Lane
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gnome-software (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

laney@raleigh> sudo apt install gnome-software
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  gnome-software-common libappstream-glib8
The following NEW packages will be installed
  gnome-software gnome-software-common
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libappstream-glib8
1 to upgrade, 2 to newly install, 0 to remove and 264 not to upgrade.
Need to get 2,782 kB of archives.
After this operation, 5,337 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/universe amd64 gnome-software-common all 3.19.5+git20160211.e8cfba4-0ubuntu5 [2,505 kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 libappstream-glib8 amd64 0.5.8-1ubuntu4 [91.4 kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/universe amd64 gnome-software amd64 3.19.5+git20160211.e8cfba4-0ubuntu5 [185 kB]
Fetched 2,782 kB in 41s (66.5 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package gnome-software-common.
(Reading database ... 745898 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../gnome-software-common_3.19.5+git20160211.e8cfba4-0ubuntu5_all.deb ...
Unpacking gnome-software-common (3.19.5+git20160211.e8cfba4-0ubuntu5) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libappstream-glib8_0.5.8-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libappstream-glib8:amd64 (0.5.8-1ubuntu4) over (0.5.0-0ubuntu3) ...
Selecting previously unselected package gnome-software.
Preparing to unpack .../gnome-software_3.19.5+git20160211.e8cfba4-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking gnome-software (3.19.5+git20160211.e8cfba4-0ubuntu5) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-software_3.19.5+git20160211.e8cfba4-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.PackageKit.service', which is also in package gnome-packagekit-session 3.14.2-0ubuntu2
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.2~bzr0+16.04.20151217-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu3) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-software_3.19.5+git20160211.e8cfba4-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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Matthias Klumpp (ximion) wrote :

The easiest way to fix this would be upgrading your PackageKit and GNOME-PackageKit packages ;-)
I wonder why this issue happens at all though, since GS has a Breaks/Replaces relation: gnome-packagekit-session (<< 3.16.0-2~)

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Matthias Klumpp (ximion) wrote :

Looks like Robert Ancell dropped the transition packages from GS - bad mistake ;-)
GS implements the PackageKit session interface now, while it was dropped from GNOME-PackageKit in recent releases, so the transitional packages must be in place, especially (obviously) if GPK is updated in Ubuntu.

I have no idea how these interfaces work when GS is installed without PackageKit - afterall, the possibility to disable PK in GS was introduced to GS only to be able to xdg-app-sandbox it, and not to actually use it without PK.
Maybe the session interface will still work though, and just use your aptd stuff...

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-software - 3.19.5+git20160211.e8cfba4-0ubuntu7

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gnome-software (3.19.5+git20160211.e8cfba4-0ubuntu7) xenial; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/ubuntu-provenance.patch:
    - Mark packages from official Ubuntu repositories (LP: #1544558)

 -- Robert Ancell <email address hidden> Fri, 12 Feb 2016 11:19:46 +1300

Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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