Update for the terminal package always fails

Question

I'm trying to update my Ubuntu 14.10 but for the last few weeks the package terminal always fails while the rest works fine.

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

(Reading database ... 309452 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../gnome-terminal-data_3.12.3-0ubuntu1~utopic2_all.deb ...
Unpacking gnome-terminal-data (3.12.3-0ubuntu1~utopic2) over (3.12.3-0ubuntu1~trusty1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-terminal-data_3.12.3-0ubuntu1~utopic2_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/gnome-shell/search-providers/gnome-terminal-search-provider.ini', which is also in package gnome-terminal 3.12.3-0ubuntu1~trusty1
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Preparing to unpack .../gnome-terminal_3.12.3-0ubuntu1~utopic2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking gnome-terminal (3.12.3-0ubuntu1~utopic2) over (3.12.3-0ubuntu1~trusty1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-terminal_3.12.3-0ubuntu1~utopic2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/appdata/gnome-terminal.appdata.xml', which is also in package gnome-terminal-data 3.12.3-0ubuntu1~trusty1
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-2) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.10.20140925-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.55ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.42.1-1~ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:i386 (2.42.1-1~ubuntu1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-terminal-data_3.12.3-0ubuntu1~utopic2_all.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-terminal_3.12.3-0ubuntu1~utopic2_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

So what is the wrong here?

trying to overwrite '/usr/share/appdata/gnome-terminal.appdata.xml', which is also in package gnome-terminal-data 3.12.3-0ubuntu1~trusty1. The solution might be to get rid of gnome-terminal and gnome-terminal-data, and then reinstall gnome-terminal. — saiarcot895, Dec 12 '14 at 14:12
Can you edit your question and paste what happens when you run sudo apt-get remove gnome-terminal followed by sudo apt-get install gnome-terminal (assuming the first command is successful)? I thought this would work. — saiarcot895, Dec 12 '14 at 14:33
bad suggestion the terminal is now removed and can't be installed — Fat Mind, Dec 12 '14 at 14:50
Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get to a tty. Press Ctrl+Alt+F7 to get back. — saiarcot895, Dec 12 '14 at 14:52

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 08 '17 at 18:57

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The answer came by mistake; I just removed gnome-terminal

sudo apt-get remove gnome-terminal

then the update was successful for gnome-terminal-data

sudo apt-get update

then I reinstalled gnome-terminal

sudo apt-get install gnome-terminal

edited Apr 08 '17 at 18:57

Zanna

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answered Dec 12 '14 at 14:59

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 08 '17 at 18:57

You seem to have at least one Trusty (14.04) source in your /etc/apt/sources.list , or you previously had a partial-upgrade from 14.04 to 14.10. Since you don't seem to have a long list of updates, we can assume the former.

Unpacking gnome-terminal-data (3.12.3-0ubuntu1~utopic2) over (3.12.3-0ubuntu1~trusty1) ...
Unpacking gnome-terminal (3.12.3-0ubuntu1~utopic2) over (3.12.3-0ubuntu1~trusty1) ...

Check your System Settings --> Software & Updates, and uncheck those older sources.

Update for the terminal package always fails

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