package libreoffice-common 1:5.2.2-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: unable to open '/usr/lib/libreoffice/share/gallery/sg36.sdg.dpkg-new': Operation not permitted

[anne]

I was trying to upgrade to 17.04 and the error plus loads of others came up. Even after partial upgrade again.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: libreoffice-common 1:5.2.2-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-19.21-generic 4.10.8
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu May 18 10:27:56 2017
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libreoffice-common:1:5.2.2-0ubuntu2
 Unpacking libreoffice-common (1:5.3.1-0ubuntu2) over (1:5.2.2-0ubuntu2) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-lHfAqY/17-libreoffice-common_1%3a5.3.1-0ubuntu2_all.deb (--unpack):
  unable to open '/usr/lib/libreoffice/share/gallery/sg36.sdg.dpkg-new': Operation not permitted
ErrorMessage: unable to open '/usr/lib/libreoffice/share/gallery/sg36.sdg.dpkg-new': Operation not permitted
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-19 (453 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu2
 apt 1.4
SourcePackage: libreoffice
Title: package libreoffice-common 1:5.2.2-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: unable to open '/usr/lib/libreoffice/share/gallery/sg36.sdg.dpkg-new': Operation not permitted
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

This looks like a dpkg failure more than a libreoffice-common package issue.

anne, were you able to complete the upgrade to 17.04 eventually? Do you now have a working libreoffice package? If so, which version?

[anne (anne-lach95)]

Olivier, no, I'm having problems with the current kernel, can't connect to internet, but I'm using a previous one. I thought I had resolved the problems, but did and update yesterday and they are back again.

[Nigel Pain (nigel.pain)]

I'm having this problem with libreoffice-common 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5.2 on one machine and perl-base 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3 on another. Both 14.04.05 LTS.

[Jeff Lee (tehlec)]

Hey, I had this same problem and I was able to get around it by disabling sophos-av.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/916639/how-to-install-and-upgrade-other-software-in-spite-of-libreoffice-unmet-dependen/923596

 sudo /opt/sophos-av/bin/savdctl disable
 sudo apt-get install -f
 sudo apt-get upgrade
 sudo /opt/sophos-av/bin/savdctl enable

[seebers (seebers)]

Hi Jeff, thanks that helped. Same problem was here.