Errors were encountered processing libreoffice-common

Question

I have tried using "sudo apt-get -f install" and I have also tried "sudo apt-get install -f" to fix the dependencies with no luck. This is also preventing me from installing Synaptic to remove libreoffice and fix the problems. I have both Openoffice and Libreoffice

miguel@Miguel:~$ sudo apt-get -f install 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libreoffice-common
Suggested packages:
libreoffice-style-crystal libreoffice-style-hicontrast
libreoffice-style-oxygen libreoffice-style-sifr
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libreoffice-common
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
15 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/20.3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 79.3 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 263460 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libreoffice-common_1%3a4.4.1~rc2-0ubuntu1~trusty1_all.deb   ...
Unpacking libreoffice-common (1:4.4.1~rc2-0ubuntu1~trusty1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-   common_1%3a4.4.1~rc2-0ubuntu1~trusty1_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/soffice', which is also in package openoffice-  debian-menus 4.1-9764
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 shared-mime-info (1.2-0ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-icon-theme (3.10.0-0ubuntu2) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-common_1%3a4.4.1~rc2-0ubuntu1~trusty1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)`

Answer 1

I found out that this is A Confirmed Bug

If you are running antivirus... like sophos, you need to disable on demand scanner and then update your system and then re enable your on demand scanner.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1454668

Answer 2

The key to the problem is near the top of the error messages:

dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-common_1%3a4.4.1~rc2-0ubuntu1~trusty1_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/soffice', which is also in package openoffice-debian-menus 4.1-9764

Let's abstract that error message a bit to make it more readable:

dpkg: error processing archive PACKAGE_NAME_A.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite 'FILE', which is also in PACKAGE_B

Explanation: With only a few exceptions, each file can be provided by only one package. When two packages provide the same file, the two packages conflict, which causes the error message.

That way you resolve the error is to uninstall either PACKAGE_A (libreoffice-common) or PACKAGE_B (openoffice-debian-menus).

Do note that this problem was not a bug - a human caused it by mixing incompatible packages from PPAs and Debian. Users who stick with the Ubuntu repositories (or Snaps) won't have this problem.

Answer 3

1. gksudo nautilus
2. Deleted everything with in folder /var/cache/apt/
3. Turn the ppa of for Libreoffice
4. run sudo apt-get -f install

This worked for me and was originally posted on problem with update of libreoffice, I just added a few things to clarify a bit.