I guess this is in fact a dupe of bug #1354557 as a solution was presented there, which allowed me to overcome my problem.
Follow the advice here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1354557/comments/14 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1357952 Title: broken system due to libreoffice PPA upgrade Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: The update of libreoffice from ~2 days ago (~ Aug 15, 2014) resultet in several unmet dependencies. Running 'apt-get -f install' does NOT correct the problem. Now the Ubuntu Software Center won't let me install new software (via apt-get still possible). This is wgat happens after 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get -f install' was run: ~# apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these. The following packages have unmet dependencies: libreoffice-base : Depends: libreoffice-base-core (= 1:4.3.0-0ubuntu1~precise1) but 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1 is installed Depends: libreoffice-base-drivers (= 1:4.3.0-0ubuntu1~precise1) but 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1 is installed Depends: libreoffice-core (= 1:4.3.0-0ubuntu1~precise1) but 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1 is installed libreoffice-core : Breaks: libreoffice-base (< 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1) but 1:4.3.0-0ubuntu1~precise1 is installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f. I use the ppa: http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu precise main; my system is precise To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1357952/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
