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when ever I try to open Software Center it shows a message :

New software can't be installed because there is a problem with the software currently installed. Do you want to repair this problem now?

I clicked repair but when it try to install the package it shows this error : 

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Preparing to unpack .../libreoffice-common_1%3a4.3.3-0ubuntu1_all.deb ...
Unpacking libreoffice-common (1:4.3.3-0ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-common_1%3a4.3.3-0ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/soffice', which is also in package openoffice-debian-menus 4.1.1-9775
rmdir: failed to remove /var/lib/libreoffice/share/prereg/: No such file or directory
rmdir: failed to remove /var/lib/libreoffice/share/: No such file or directory
rmdir: failed to remove /var/lib/libreoffice/program/: No such file or directory
rmdir: failed to remove /var/lib/libreoffice: No such file or directory
rmdir: failed to remove /var/lib/libreoffice: No such file or directory
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.55ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.2-0ubuntu3) ...
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 gnome-icon-theme (3.12.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-2) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-common_1%3a4.3.3-0ubuntu1_all.deb
Error in function: 
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-l10n-en-gb:
 libreoffice-l10n-en-gb depends on libreoffice-common; however:
  Package libreoffice-common is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package libreoffice-l10n-en-gb (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-l10n-en-za:
 libreoffice-l10n-en-za depends on libreoffice-common; however:
  Package libreoffice-common is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package libreoffice-l10n-en-za (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-l10n-ar:
 libreoffice-l10n-ar depends on libreoffice-common; however:
  Package libreoffice-common is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package libreoffice-l10n-ar (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-help-en-gb:
 libreoffice-help-en-gb depends on libreoffice-l10n-en-gb; however:
  Package libreoffice-l10n-en-gb is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libreoffice-help-en-gb (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-help-en-us:
 libreoffice-help-en-us depends on libreoffice-l10n-en-us; however:
  Package libreoffice-l10n-en-us is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package libreoffice-help-en-us (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-core:
 libreoffice-core depends on libreoffice-common (>> 1:4.3.3); however:
  Package libreoffice-common is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package libreoffice-core (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-uno:
 python3-uno depends on libreoffice-core (= 1:4.3.3-0ubuntu1); however:
  Package libreoffice-core is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package python3-uno (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-math:
 libreoffice-math depends on libreoffice-core (= 1:4.3.3-0ubuntu1); however:
  Package libreoffice-core is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libreoffice-math (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-writer:
 libreoffice-writer depends on libreoffice-core (= 1:4.3.3-0ubuntu1); however:
  Package libreoffice-core is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package 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 package mythes-en-us (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-base-core:
 libreoffice-base-core depends on libreoffice-core (= 1:4.3.3-0ubuntu1); however:
  Package libreoffice-core is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libreoffice-base-core (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

I have already tried thiese posts :

Getting error after installating any new software

Bug Report

there is another three links but I wasn't able to put them due to reputation problem on the form :(

I know that the problem is within libreoffice packages but I can't do anything with them, can't install what they need or remove them. tried autoremove but wasn't completed because of the dependencies since the problem here that something installed without it's dependencies ( don't know how that happen even). any glimpse or advice is highly appreciated because if nothing worked out I'll be forced to format my PC :( and this problem would be the second to push me to this limit. Thanks in advance.

samer226047
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    Thank you so much the problem where solved , I did exactly as in the link , I just changed the package name with the one that causing the problem for me. Thank you again – samer226047 Mar 13 '15 at 06:23

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It appears that OpenOffice and LibreOffice are packaged in a way, that prohibits a clean coexistence. I suggest that you settle for either of the two and remove the other.

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as Karel said in the comments the solution is in this link : dpkg error

I did exactly as mentioned but I surfed to /var/cache/apt/archives/ to check which packages casuing the problem and did the same as he did but changing the name of the package and every thing went well

Thanks again Karel

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