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I need help with installing LibreOffice. I previously had it OK but an upgrade would not work as said 'unmet dependencies'. I have purged it and it is all gone. When I try to re install from software Centre I get the following error message:

Package dependencies cannot be resolved
libreoffice: Depends: libreoffice-core (= 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial2) but 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial2 is to be installed.

Any ideas on how to get the missing stuff please?

Videonauth
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You can try

sudo apt-get -f install

-f stands to "fix broken". It will attempt to correct broken dependencies. After this run the following :

sudo dpkg --configure -a

Then again

sudo apt-get -f install

This generally works for most cases. For more details you can look at this question.

neferpitou
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  • Thank you. I tried the above and I now get the following error message-libreoffice: Depends: libreoffice-core (= 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial2) but 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial2 is to be installed – Nigel Lacey Oct 30 '17 at 11:43
  • Did you try the above link? and have a look here " https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2355016&page=2 " and this "https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial2 " or you can manually download from the previous link. – neferpitou Oct 30 '17 at 11:58
  • I have worked through the link. When I get to sudo apt-get-f install I get an error message- Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-common_1%3a5.4.2~rc2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1~lo2_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) – Nigel Lacey Oct 30 '17 at 13:10
  • https://askubuntu.com/questions/599926/usr-bin-dpkg-returned-an-error-when-remove-install-broken-packages : This should do the work , just go for accepted answer. – neferpitou Oct 30 '17 at 13:20