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Published on 2012-09-21T07:35:20Z Indexed on 2012/09/21 9:50 UTC
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I tried to install the openoffice.org package but it gave an error. Now i cannot repair, remove or install nothing. The Software center of xubuntu gives this error log. Nothing seems to solve this. I tried apt-get install -f but it does not solve the problem either. Any suggestions?

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Unpacking libreoffice-common (from .../libreoffice-common_1%3a3.5.4-0ubuntu1.1_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-common_1%3a3.5.4-0ubuntu1.1_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/soffice', which is also in package openoffice.org-debian-menus 3.2-9502
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
rmdir: erro ao remover /var/lib/libreoffice/share/prereg/: Ficheiro ou directoria inexistente
rmdir: erro ao remover /var/lib/libreoffice/share/: Directoria no vazia
rmdir: erro ao remover /var/lib/libreoffice/program/: Ficheiro ou directoria inexistente
rmdir: erro ao remover /var/lib/libreoffice: Directoria no vazia
rmdir: erro ao remover /var/lib/libreoffice: Directoria no vazia
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ...
Processing triggers for gnome-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-common_1%3a3.5.4-0ubuntu1.1_all.deb
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-java-common:
 libreoffice-java-common depends on libreoffice-common; however:
  Package libreoffice-common is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-java-common (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-filter-mobiledev:
 libreoffice-filter-mobiledev depends on libreoffice-java-common; however:
  Package libreoffice-java-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-filter-mobiledev (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-base:
 libreoffice-base depends on libreoffice-java-common (>= 1:3.5.4~); however:
  Package libreoffice-java-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-base (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-core:
 libreoffice-core depends on libreoffice-common (>> 1:3.5.4); however:
  Package libreoffice-common is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-core (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-style-human:
 libreoffice-style-human depends on libreoffice-core; however:
  Package libreoffice-core is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-style-human (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-math:
 libreoffice-math depends on libreoffice-core (= 1:3.5.4-0ubuntu1.1); however:
  Package libreoffice-core is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-math (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-impress:
 libreoffice-impress depends on libreoffice-core (= 1:3.5.4-0ubuntu1.1); however:
  Package libreoffice-core is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-impress (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-style-tango:
 libreoffice-style-tango depends on libreoffice-core; however:
  Package libreoffice-core is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-style-tango (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice:
 libreoffice depends on libreoffice-core (= 1:3.5.4-0ubuntu1.1); however:
  Package libreoffice-core is not configured yet.
 libreoffice depends on libreoffice-impress; however:
  Package libreoffice-impress is not configured yet.
 libreoffice depends on libreoffice-math; however:
  Package libreoffice-math is not configured yet.
 libreoffice depends on libreoffice-base; however:
  Package libreoffice-base is not configured yet.
 libreoffice depends on libreoffice-filter-mobiledev; however:
  Package libreoffice-filter-mobiledev is not configured yet.
 libreoffice depends on libreoffice-java-common (>= 1:3.5.4~); however:
  Package libreoffice-java-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libreoffice (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-writer:
 libreoffice-writer depends on libreoffice-core (= 1:3.5.4-0ubuntu1.1); however:
  Package libreoffice-core is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-writer (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mythes-en-us:
 mythes-en-us depends on libreoffice-core | openoffice.org-core (>= 1.9) | language-support-writing-en; however:
  Package libreoffice-core is not configured yet.
  Package openoffice.org-core is not installed.
  Package language-support-writing-en is not installed.
dpkg: error processing mythes-en-us (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-help-zh-cn:
 libreoffice-help-zh-cn depends on libreoffice-writer | language-support-translations-zh; however:
  Package libreoffice-writer is not configured yet.
  Package language-support-translations-zh is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-help-zh-cn (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-base-core:
 libreoffice-base-core depends on libreoffice-core (= 1:3.5.4-0ubuntu1.1); however:
  Package libreoffice-core is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-base-core (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-gnome:
 libreoffice-gnome depends on libreoffice-core (= 1:3.5.4-0ubuntu1.1); however:
  Package libreoffice-core is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-gnome (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-help-pt-br:
 libreoffice-help-pt-br depends on libreoffice-writer | language-support-translations-pt; however:
  Package libreoffice-writer is not configured yet.
  Package language-support-translations-pt is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-help-pt-br (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-emailmerge:
 libreoffice-emailmerge depends on libreoffice-core; however:
  Package libreoffice-core is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-emailmerge (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-help-en-gb:
 libreoffice-help-en-gb depends on libreoffice-writer | language-support-translations-en; however:
  Package libreoffice-writer is not configured yet.
  Package language-support-translations-en is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-help-en-gb (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

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