Hi Glen, I understand and we've all been there (installing stuff manually that comes to bite us later). Realistically, the best thing to do is to remove libreoffice and install it from the Ubuntu archive (apt). But I also understand you wanting to keep around what is already working for you.
So can you give me a paste of the output of "dpkg -l | grep libreoffice"? It sounds like libreoffice is half installed (from apt's perspective). Also, when you installed libreoffice manually, what did you install (version) and how do you launch it? -- 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/1924684 Title: package libreoffice-common (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/soffice', which is also in package openoffice-debian-menus 4.1.9-9805 Status in libreoffice package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Previously I somehow managed to manually install libreoffice. I've been using it for months now and want to keep using it. Recently within the Spreadsheet app ("OpenOffice Calc"), it said that an update was available. Tried to update within the app itself, but that failed so I left it as-is at least for a week or more. Today when I did a "sudo apt upgrade -y", that command is now erroring out with unmet dependencies, something to do with libreoffice-core. I haven't figured out what to do about it yet. See https://pastebin.com/B4TKtbwp I'm unsure what to do about this. Please email me at g...@glencooper.com if you have any suggestions. At the very minimum I would like to keep my system up-to-date with making it so the "sudo apt upgrade -y" command doesn't error out. Thanks! ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: libreoffice-common (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-48.54~20.04.1-generic 5.8.18 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-48-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip Date: Fri Apr 16 06:41:08 2021 ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/soffice', which is also in package openoffice-debian-menus 4.1.9-9805 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-12-10 (126 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731) Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.5, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2 PythonDetails: N/A RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3 apt 2.0.5 SourcePackage: libreoffice Title: package libreoffice-common (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/soffice', which is also in package openoffice-debian-menus 4.1.9-9805 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1924684/+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
