Can't install LibreOffice

[abear]

I messed things up by trying to install Libreoffice before removing OpenOfice 3. Now I have dependency issues. Below is the error message I get from Synaptiks when I try to remove OpenOffice:


E: /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-common_1%3a3.6.0~rc4-0ubuntu3~ppa1~precise1_all.deb: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/soffice', which is also in package openoffice.org-debian-menus 3.3-9556

I also tried:
cliff@cliff-HP-Pavilion-dv7-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
[sudo] password for cliff:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libreoffice-base-core libreoffice-calc libreoffice-common libreoffice-core libreoffice-draw
libreoffice-gnome libreoffice-gtk libreoffice-impress libreoffice-math libreoffice-style-tango
libreoffice-writer python-uno
Suggested packages:
libreoffice-base libreoffice-style-hicontrast libreoffice-style-crystal libreoffice-style-oxygen
libreoffice-evolution tango-icon-theme libreoffice-gcj libreoffice-filter-binfilter
libreoffice-java-common
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libreoffice-common
The following packages will be upgraded:
libreoffice-base-core libreoffice-calc libreoffice-core libreoffice-draw libreoffice-gnome
libreoffice-gtk libreoffice-impress libreoffice-math libreoffice-style-tango libreoffice-writer
python-uno
11 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
14 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/83.2 MB of archives.
After this operation, 91.8 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 393908 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libreoffice-common (from .../libreoffice-common_1%3a3.6.0~rc4-0ubuntu3~ppa1~precise1_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-common_1%3a3.6.0~rc4-0ubuntu3~ppa1~precise1_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/soffice', which is also in package openoffice.org-debian-menus 3.3-9556
rmdir: failed to remove `/var/lib/libreoffice/share/prereg/': No such file or directory
rmdir: failed to remove `/var/lib/libreoffice/share/': Directory not empty
rmdir: failed to remove `/var/lib/libreoffice/program/': No such file or directory
rmdir: failed to remove `/var/lib/libreoffice': Directory not empty
rmdir: failed to remove `/var/lib/libreoffice': Directory not empty
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ...
Unknown media type in type 'all/all'
Unknown media type in type 'all/allfiles'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mms'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmst'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmsu'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/pnm'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspt'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspu'
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for gnome-icon-theme ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-common_1%3a3.6.0~rc4-0ubuntu3~ppa1~precise1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
cliff@cliff-HP-Pavilion-dv7-Notebook-PC:~$


Any Ideas on how to get past this?

[NickStone]

First off, remove (purge) all instances of OpenOffice from system. Remove PPA of LibreOffice from sources list (unless your wanting the latest version) Then install LibreOffice from main repository.

[abear]

First off, remove (purge) all instances of OpenOffice from system. Remove PPA of LibreOffice from sources list (unless your wanting the latest version) Then install LibreOffice from main repository.

Okay, I turned off all the repos and removed openoffice, now when I try to install libreoffice I get the following error:

the following packages have unmet dependencies:

libreoffice-core: Depends: libreoffice-common (> 1:3.5.4) but it is not installed
Depends: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1) but 1:4.6.3-1ubuntu5 is installed
libreoffice-java-common: Depends: libreoffice-common but it is not installed

Thank you for your help removing openoffice, any ideas as to what I can do to get libreoffice installed?

[SteveRiley]

This...

libreoffice-core: Depends: libreoffice-common (> 1:3.5.4) but it is not installed
                  Depends: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1) but 1:4.6.3-1ubuntu5 is installed

Is curious. It calls for a version equal to or higher than 1:4.1.1, and indeed you do have a higher version.

What's the output of

aptitude why-not libreoffice-core

[abear]

After using nickstonefan's suggestion for removing openoffice I then used the following to force install all the jdk files. I found this looking for broken link information.

dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)

Fix:
cd /var/cache/apt/archives
then dpkg -i --force-overwrite (all_package_names_listed_at_the_bottom_of_error_o utput) In my case the error kept pointing to the java applications and libraries.
now dpkg --configure -a to get the packages left unconfigured.
You may have to repeat the process a couple of times.

I now have Libreoffice installed and working correctly

[abear]

This...


Is curious. It calls for a version equal to or higher than 1:4.1.1, and indeed you do have a higher version.

What's the output of

aptitude why-not libreoffice-core

I know this is after the fact, however this is what I now get when I run the above line:
Unable to find a reason to remove libreoffice-core.

Kind of makes sense everything is working okay now. However, it is always good to have another analytic tool for checking why things are not going as expected.

[SteveRiley]

However, it is always good to have another analytic tool for checking why things are not going as expected.

Yeah... I wish apt-get had the "why" and "why-not" features of Aptitude.