sudo apt install chromium-browser yields: Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done chromium-browser is already the newest version (52.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1250). 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Re-running the original command: sudo apt-get update;sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade;sudo apt-get -y autoremove Reading package lists... Done Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. I may have already re-run the original, can't remember, sorry. And part of the reason I went to the CL was because the software center had locked up, so maybe there was some other invisible conflict? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1624551 Title: package chromium-browser 52.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1250 failed to install/upgrade: package chromium-browser is already installed and configured To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1624551/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs