Install error / deb package on Ubuntu 26.04 / trying to overwrite ffprobe

[petr-fischer]

Describe the bug

Installation error of *.deb on Ubuntu 26.04.

➤ sudo apt install ./OmniVoice.Studio_0.2.7_amd64.deb

Note, selecting 'omni-voice-studio' instead of './OmniVoice.Studio_0.2.7_amd64.deb'
Installing:                 
  omni-voice-studio

Summary:
  Upgrading: 0, Installing: 1, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0
  Download size: 0 B / 183 MB
  Space needed: 491 MB / 459 GB available

Get:1 /home/pf/Downloads/OmniVoice.Studio_0.2.7_amd64.deb omni-voice-studio amd64 0.2.7 [183 MB]
(Reading database… 395547 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack …/OmniVoice.Studio_0.2.7_amd64.deb…
Unpacking omni-voice-studio (0.2.7)…
dpkg: error processing archive /home/pf/Downloads/OmniVoice.Studio_0.2.7_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/ffprobe', which is also in package ffmpeg (7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2)
dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /home/pf/Downloads/OmniVoice.Studio_0.2.7_amd64.deb
Notice: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/home/pf/Downloads/OmniVoice.Studio_0.2.7_amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Environment

• OS:

➤ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 26.04 LTS"
VERSION="26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon)"
VERSION_CODENAME=resoluteI

• Install method:

apt install ./OmniVoice.Studio_0.2.7_amd64.deb

• Version:

v0.2.7

• GPU:

➤ inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 33 [Radeon RX 7600/7600
    XT/7600M XT/7600S/7700S / PRO W7600] driver: amdgpu v: kernel
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Phoenix1 - AMD Radeon 780M Graphics (radeonsi
    phoenix ACO DRM 3.64 7.0.0-15-generic) driver: amdgpu
    v: kernel

• RAM:

64GB

[ArtBIT]

If you're willing to force the overwrite (and pollute your ffmpeg version), you can do:

sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite ./OmniVoice.Studio_0.2.7_amd64.deb
sudo apt -f install