package nvidia-settings-updates 304.43-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/nvidia-settings.1.gz', which is also in package nvidia-settings 304.51-0ubuntu1

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Same here.

cant update error massage

got this bug while trying to update system

I solved it by doing:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia-settings
sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings-updates

Thank you, Thijs!

Those steps indeed solved this issue for me.

@Thijs: Does this solve the problem if nvidia-settings is removed? Did you reinstall it afterwards?

I removed and reinstalled as per t-elferink wrote but was perplexed by some apparent left over sludge and was wondering if I should be concerned? Opinions!?! P.S I did autoremove.

steve@steve-System-Product-Name:~$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings-updates
[sudo] password for steve:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libattica0.3 libcelt0-0
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  nvidia-settings-updates
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/1,820 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3,843 kB of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 386974 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking nvidia-settings-updates (from .../nvidia-settings-updates_304.51-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up nvidia-settings-updates (304.51-0ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: warning: alternative /usr/lib/nvidia-settings/ld.so.conf (part of link group nvidia_settings_conf) doesn't exist; removing from list of alternatives
update-alternatives: warning: /etc/alternatives/nvidia_settings_conf is dangling; it will be updated with best choice
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-settings-updates/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/nvidia_settings.conf (nvidia_settings_conf) in auto mode
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...

@Jason I never recalled installing nvidia-settings, the problem is I installed the nvidia-current-updates driver and the nvidia-settings packages is not in restricted, but the nvidia-settings-current is afaik the same package but not in restricted.

http://packages.ubuntu.com/quantal/nvidia-settings

http://packages.ubuntu.com/quantal/nvidia-settings-updates

I mean of course that nvidia-settings-updates is afaik the same as nvidia-settings but the first in restricted.

This bug was fixed in the package nvidia-settings-updates - 304.51-0ubuntu2

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nvidia-settings-updates (304.51-0ubuntu2) quantal; urgency=low

  * debian/control.in:
    - Conflict with/replace/provide other flavours
      (LP: #1061659).
 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:02:04 +0200

This bug was fixed in the package nvidia-settings - 304.51-0ubuntu2

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nvidia-settings (304.51-0ubuntu2) quantal; urgency=low

  * debian/control.in:
    - Conflict with/replace/provide other flavours
      (LP: #1061659).
 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:56:09 +0200

This bug was fixed in the package nvidia-settings-experimental-304 - 304.48-0ubuntu2

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nvidia-settings-experimental-304 (304.48-0ubuntu2) quantal; urgency=low

  * debian/control.in:
    - Conflict with/replace/provide other flavours
      (LP: #1061659).
 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:38:27 +0200