apt-get upgrade of gir1.2-mutter-3.0 fails on amd64
Unpacking gir1.2-mutter-3.0 (from .../gir1.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/
trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/
Additional issues that may be related:
Unpacking replacement gnome-accessibi
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/
trying to overwrite '/usr/share/
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Then is seems to retry:
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/
/var/cache/
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-shell:
gnome-shell depends on gir1.2-mutter-3.0 (>= 3.0.0); however:
Package gir1.2-mutter-3.0 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing gnome-shell (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-session:
gnome-session depends on gnome-shell; however:
Package gnome-shell is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-session (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-desktop:
ubuntu-desktop depends on gnome-session; however:
Package gnome-session is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ubuntu-desktop (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.
Errors were encountered while processing:
gnome-shell
gnome-session
ubuntu-desktop
And attempt to fix this ends with:
> sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
gir1.2-mutter-3.0
The following NEW packages will be installed:
gir1.2-mutter-3.0
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
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Unpacking gir1.2-mutter-3.0 (from .../gir1.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/
trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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