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I have been using Ubuntu for the past one month or so. I get this message whenever I tried to download updates. What do I do? Please help to resolve.

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS which came with the Dell desktop I purchased.

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Preparing to replace linux-firmware 1.79.1 (using .../linux-firmware_1.79.18_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement linux-firmware ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-firmware_1.79.18_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/lib/firmware/ar3k/AthrBT_0x31010000.dfu', which is also in package bt-dw1705-firmware 0.2
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-firmware_1.79.18_all.deb
Jorge Castro
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Rudu
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  • No response till now...? Does anybody have any idea how I fix this? – Rudu Jan 04 '15 at 15:51
  • http://askubuntu.com/a/555961/374029 ..worked for me. remove the atheros bluetooth firmware. –  Feb 14 '15 at 19:44

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