[Bug 1312917] Re: package libc6-dev-i386 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/include/sys/timerfd.h', which is also in package libc6-dev-amd64 2.19-0ubuntu6, ncurse

[sunapi386]

Try removing libc6-dev-amd64.

sunapi386 at XPS1645SSD ~ [100]> sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  ax25-node gyp javascript-common libax25 libc-ares-dev libc-ares2 libjs-node-uuid libv8-3.14-dev
  libv8-3.14.5 openbsd-inetd
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libc6-dev-i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libc6-dev-i386
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 41 not upgraded.
5 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/1,149 kB of archives.
After this operation, 6,337 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
(Reading database ... 234006 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libc6-dev-i386_2.19-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libc6-dev-i386 (2.19-0ubuntu6) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-dev-i386_2.19-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/include/sys/timerfd.h', which is also in package libc6-dev-amd64 2.19-0ubuntu6
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-dev-i386_2.19-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

sunapi386 at XPS1645SSD ~ [1]> sudo dpkg -r libc6-dev-amd64
(Reading database ... 234004 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libc6-dev-amd64 (2.19-0ubuntu6) ...
sunapi386 at XPS1645SSD ~> sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  ax25-node gyp javascript-common libax25 libc-ares-dev libc-ares2 libc6-amd64:i386 libc6-dev:i386
  libjs-node-uuid libv8-3.14-dev libv8-3.14.5 linux-libc-dev:i386 openbsd-inetd
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libc6-dev-i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libc6-dev-i386
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 41 not upgraded.
5 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/1,149 kB of archives.
After this operation, 6,337 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
(Reading database ... 233871 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libc6-dev-i386_2.19-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libc6-dev-i386 (2.19-0ubuntu6) ...
Setting up libc6-dev-i386 (2.19-0ubuntu6) ...
Setting up libc6-dev-x32 (2.19-0ubuntu6) ...
Setting up gcc-4.8-multilib (4.8.2-19ubuntu1) ...
Setting up gcc-multilib (4:4.8.2-1ubuntu6) ...
Setting up g++-4.8-multilib (4.8.2-19ubuntu1) ...
Setting up g++-multilib (4:4.8.2-1ubuntu6) ...

sunapi386 at XPS1645SSD ~> sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  ax25-node gyp javascript-common libax25 libc-ares-dev libc-ares2 libc6-amd64:i386 libc6-dev:i386
  libjs-node-uuid libv8-3.14-dev libv8-3.14.5 linux-libc-dev:i386 openbsd-inetd
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libc6-dev-i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libc6-dev-i386
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 41 not upgraded.
5 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/1,149 kB of archives.
After this operation, 6,337 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
(Reading database ... 233871 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libc6-dev-i386_2.19-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libc6-dev-i386 (2.19-0ubuntu6) ...
Setting up libc6-dev-i386 (2.19-0ubuntu6) ...
Setting up libc6-dev-x32 (2.19-0ubuntu6) ...
Setting up gcc-4.8-multilib (4.8.2-19ubuntu1) ...
Setting up gcc-multilib (4:4.8.2-1ubuntu6) ...
Setting up g++-4.8-multilib (4.8.2-19ubuntu1) ...
Setting up g++-multilib (4:4.8.2-1ubuntu6) ...

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Title:
  package libc6-dev-i386 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade:
  trying to overwrite '/usr/include/sys/timerfd.h', which is also in
  package libc6-dev-amd64 2.19-0ubuntu6, ncurse

Status in “eglibc” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I was trying to install ncurse library from synpatic when this error
  occured.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: libc6-dev-i386 (not installed)
  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: Fri Apr 25 13:43:53 2014
  DuplicateSignature: package:libc6-dev-i386:(not installed):trying to overwrite '/usr/include/sys/timerfd.h', which is also in package libc6-dev-amd64 2.19-0ubuntu6
  ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/include/sys/timerfd.h', which is also in package libc6-dev-amd64 2.19-0ubuntu6
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-25 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  SourcePackage: eglibc
  Title: package libc6-dev-i386 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/include/sys/timerfd.h', which is also in package libc6-dev-amd64 2.19-0ubuntu6
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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