Bug#1126736: gnome-games: One of the dependencies fails the installation as it tries to overwrite a file in gnome-games
milomak
milomaki at gmail.com
Sat Jan 31 23:10:29 GMT 2026
Package: gnome-games
Version: 1:49+9
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
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* What led up to the situation?Unpacking swell-foop (1:50~beta-1)…
dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-oLA11q/23-swell-
foop_1%3a50~beta-1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/share/locale/ab/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-mines_libgnome-
games-support.mo', which is also in package gnome-mines (1:49.0.1-2)
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
apt install gnome-games
* What was the outcome of this action?
Unpacking swell-foop (1:50~beta-1)…
dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-oLA11q/23-swell-
foop_1%3a50~beta-1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/share/locale/ab/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-mines_libgnome-
games-support.mo', which is also in package gnome-mines (1:49.0.1-2)
* What outcome did you expect instead?
package to install
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.18.8-1-liquorix-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_ZA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_ZA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages gnome-games depends on:
pn aisleriot <none>
pn five-or-more <none>
pn four-in-a-row <none>
pn gnome-2048 <none>
pn gnome-chess <none>
pn gnome-klotski <none>
pn gnome-mahjongg <none>
pn gnome-mines <none>
pn gnome-nibbles <none>
pn gnome-robots <none>
pn gnome-sudoku <none>
pn gnome-taquin <none>
pn gnome-tetravex <none>
pn hitori <none>
pn iagno <none>
pn lightsoff <none>
pn quadrapassel <none>
pn swell-foop <none>
pn tali <none>
gnome-games recommends no packages.
gnome-games suggests no packages.
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