package libreoffice-common (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/soffice', which is also in package openoffice-debian-menus 4.1.2-9782

[krishnansrinivasan]

can't install libre office in ubuntustudio 14.04.3 lts

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: libreoffice-common (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-47.53~14.04.1-lowlatency 3.19.8-ckt10
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-47-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Feb 6 19:44:05 2016
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/soffice', which is also in package openoffice-debian-menus 4.1.2-9782
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-31 (6 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.5
 apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.11
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 4.1.2-9782
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen)]

openoffice-debian-menus is an unsupported third-party package, make sure to deinstall it.