[Bug 1309142] Re: package icedtea-netx 1.5-1ubuntu1 [modified: usr/bin/policyeditor] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/bin/policyeditor', which is different from other instances of package icedtea-netx:i386

[David J. Lafond]

i'm still quite new to working in the terminal in linux. Downloaded the
icedtea package to be able to use a secure web portal to lo set up
remote desktop with my machine at work. i got the web portal to work &
logged in successfully but have had the dpkg error ever since. i tried
to remove the offending icedtea pacakge but that failed. i've run apt-
get remove and apt-get install-f but come back to the same error. i
guess i'll have to wait for an update fix though package installer fails
as does software updater. In the ubunut software center it detects the
error but then just goes into a repeating loop of detecting the error
trying to repair it & having the package installer fail again. All i
could do is close it out. It says the package system is broken,  says to
remove any third party packages & run agp-get install -f. i'm at a loss.
Will watch for updates. Thank you. djl

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Title:
  package icedtea-netx 1.5-1ubuntu1 [modified: usr/bin/policyeditor]
  failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared
  '/usr/bin/policyeditor', which is different from other instances of
  package icedtea-netx:i386

Status in icedtea-web package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in icedtea-web package in Debian:
  New

Bug description:
  I had an issue with /usr/bin/policyeditor and solved it using "dpkg -
  --force-all".

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: icedtea-netx 1.5-1ubuntu1 [modified: usr/bin/policyeditor]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Apr 14 22:37:34 2014
  DuplicateSignature: package:icedtea-netx:1.5-1ubuntu1 [modified: usr/bin/policyeditor]:trying to overwrite shared '/usr/bin/policyeditor', which is different from other instances of package icedtea-netx:i386
  ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/bin/policyeditor', which is different from other instances of package icedtea-netx:i386
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-02 (349 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  SourcePackage: icedtea-web
  Title: package icedtea-netx 1.5-1ubuntu1 [modified: usr/bin/policyeditor] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/bin/policyeditor', which is different from other instances of package icedtea-netx:i386
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-01-30 (77 days ago)

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