4.12.4 Install fails on Linux

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tronman53
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Real Name: Bob Gilchrist

I downloaded the package and tried to install with GDebi Package Installer and get this response:
(Reading database ... 287967 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../qlcplus_4.12.4_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking qlcplus (4.12.4) over (4.12.2-2build1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /home/robert/Downloads/qlcplus_4.12.4_amd64.deb (--install):
trying to overwrite '/usr/share/mime/packages/qlcplus.xml', which is also in package qlcplus-data 4.12.2-2build1
dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-0ubuntu9.2) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3+18.04.20180207.2-0ubuntu2) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.64ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for menu (2.1.47ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.15-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/home/robert/Downloads/qlcplus_4.12.4_amd64.deb

Any suggestions. Thanks
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sbenejam
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Try to uninstall qlcplus-data with: sudo apt remove qlcplus-data and install qlcplus 4.12.4 with GDebi again.
tronman53
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Thank you, that worked!
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