[Bug 1616689] Re: apt-config-auto-update and update-notifier-common can't be co-installed

[Joseph Poliandro]

sudo apt-get -f install 
sudo apt-get --fix-broken install
sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
sudo dpkg --configure -a  this style method in this order fixed the error for me and setup the broken packages

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Title:
  apt-config-auto-update and update-notifier-common can't be co-
  installed

Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
  Confirmed
Status in apt-config-auto-update package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in pk-update-icon package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix
Status in pk-update-icon source package in Artful:
  Triaged
Status in update-notifier source package in Artful:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  apt-config-auto-update and update-notifier-common can't be installed
  together, because they both ship the file
  /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic, but neither package declares a
  Conflicts-relationship. This results in:

  dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/apt-config-auto-update_2.0.0-1_all.deb (--unpack):
   trying to overwrite '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic', which is also in package update-notifier-common 3.168.1

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