Bat: Error when installing bat and other Rust packages at the same time (/usr/.crates2.json)

[kuntau]

Preparing to unpack .../bat_0.12.1-1build1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking bat (0.12.1-1build1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/bat_0.12.1-1build1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/.crates2.json', which is also in package ripgrep 11.0.2-1build1
dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/bat_0.12.1-1build1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I'm on Ubuntu 20.04

[sharkdp]

Please see #938

[mikesigs]

I am having this issue and the linked issue above seems to have been moved/deleted. The link no longer works. Is there a fix for this?

[sharkdp]

I am having this issue and the linked issue above seems to have been moved/deleted

That is unfortunate. I have no idea how that happened :frowning_face:. It was a lengthy discussion with feedback from multiple users and the maintainer of the Debian/Ubuntu package for bat. @eth-p Do you have any idea what could have happened? Maybe one of us accidentally deleted it? Or @SamuelMarks who was the original author?

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Update: Fortunately, there is a cached version of the page here:
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:PB93G5FPqCAJ:https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/issues/938+&cd=1&hl=de&ct=clnk&gl=de&client=ubuntu

I don't think that was the latest state, but it's better than nothing.

Here is a screenshot, in case the link above should expire at some point:

I'm going to notify everyone involved in the original discussion here - sorry in case you had already unsubscribed from that ticket: @manaskarekar, @qstrahl, @MarcelGerber, @paride

[mikesigs]

Thanks for pouncing on this one so quickly.

[MarcelGerber]

Probably the most important link in the now-deleted issue was the link to Ubuntu Bug #1868517: Stray /usr/.crates2.json file, which tracks this issue in the Ubuntu issue tracker.

Also, a few days ago user @psicho2000 posted a workaround that worked fine for me:

As a workaround, you can use
sudo apt install -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite" bat ripgrep
(taken from https://askubuntu.com/questions/176121/dpkg-error-trying-to-overwrite-file-which-is-also-in/176132#176132).

[eth-p]

That is unfortunate. I have no idea how that happened :frowning_face:. It was a lengthy discussion with feedback from multiple users and the maintainer of the Debian/Ubuntu package for bat. @eth-p Do you have any idea what could have happened? Maybe one of us accidentally deleted it? Or @SamuelMarks who was the original author?

That is really unfortunate, #938 had some pretty important discussion.

I don't think that I accidentally deleted that issue? I mostly use the mobile app when I'm reading or commenting on issues, and it doesn't look like it's possible to delete an issue from it accidentally (or even intentionally).

I do think something might have happened to @SamuelMarks' account, though. His profile page 404s, and it seems like his comments and issues on other projects are gone too, which isn't something that is supposed to happen when you delete an account.

[sharkdp]

I do think something might have happened to @SamuelMarks' account, though. His profile page 404s, and it seems like his comments and issues on other projects are gone too, which isn't something that is supposed to happen when you delete an account.

Ah, that's possible - thanks for looking into it! Strangely, that acoount page was still available yesterday. Anyway, I think we have the important information stored in this ticket now.

[SamuelMarks]

Hi all, there was a disagreement with GitHub which has since been resolved.

During this disagreement, all my contributions—including PRs and comments—disappeared from public view.

It is now all active again. Apologies for the confusion

[sharkdp]

@SamuelMarks Thank you - I'll close this in favor of #938 then.