Public bug reported: Hello just updated like I do most days on 20.10 and I got this dependency issue. It looks like this package was just recently renamed within the last few days maybe?
codyf86@Test-iT-Server:~$ sudo apt-get full-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these. The following packages have unmet dependencies: libffi-dev : Depends: libffi8ubuntu1 (= 3.4~20200819gead65ca871-0ubuntu3) but it is not installed libgirepository-1.0-1 : Depends: libffi8ubuntu1 (>= 3.4~20200819) but it is not installed libglib2.0-0 : Depends: libffi8ubuntu1 (>= 3.4~20200819) but it is not installed libglib2.0-0:i386 : Depends: libffi8ubuntu1:i386 (>= 3.4~20200819) but it is not installed libpython3.8-stdlib : Depends: libffi8ubuntu1 (>= 3.4~20200819) but it is not installed libwayland-client0 : Depends: libffi8ubuntu1 (>= 3.4~20200819) but it is not installed libwayland-client0:i386 : Depends: libffi8ubuntu1:i386 (>= 3.4~20200819) but it is not installed libwayland-server0 : Depends: libffi8ubuntu1 (>= 3.4~20200819) but it is not installed php7.4-common : Depends: libffi8ubuntu1 (>= 3.4~20200819) but it is not installed python3-gi : Depends: libffi8ubuntu1 (>= 3.4~20200819) but it is not installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution). codyf86@Test-iT-Server:~$ sudo apt-get --fix-broken 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: libcdio18 libedataserver-1.2-24 libffi8.1.0:i386 Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following additional packages will be installed: libffi8ubuntu1 libffi8ubuntu1:i386 The following NEW packages will be installed: libffi8ubuntu1 libffi8ubuntu1:i386 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 70 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 38.3 kB of archives. After this operation, 123 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu groovy-proposed/main amd64 libffi8ubuntu1 amd64 3.4~20200819gead65ca871-0ubuntu3 [20.0 kB] Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu groovy-proposed/main i386 libffi8ubuntu1 i386 3.4~20200819gead65ca871-0ubuntu3 [18.2 kB] Fetched 38.3 kB in 1s (68.1 kB/s) (Reading database ... 379109 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libffi8ubuntu1_3.4~20200819gead65ca871-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libffi8ubuntu1:amd64 (3.4~20200819gead65ca871-0ubuntu3) ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libffi8ubuntu1_3.4~20200819gead65ca871-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.8.1.0', which is also in package libffi8.1.0:amd64 3.4~20200819gead65ca871-0ubuntu1 Preparing to unpack .../libffi8ubuntu1_3.4~20200819gead65ca871-0ubuntu3_i386.deb ... Unpacking libffi8ubuntu1:i386 (3.4~20200819gead65ca871-0ubuntu3) ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libffi8ubuntu1_3.4~20200819gead65ca871-0ubuntu3_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libffi.so.8.1.0', which is also in package libffi8.1.0:i386 3.4~20200819gead65ca871-0ubuntu1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libffi8ubuntu1_3.4~20200819gead65ca871-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/libffi8ubuntu1_3.4~20200819gead65ca871-0ubuntu3_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ** Affects: libffi (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1892807 Title: Error updating 8/24/2020 package libffi8ubuntu1 (possibly renamed from libffi8.1.0) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libffi/+bug/1892807/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
