package libreoffice-core 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Pete Graner]

dist-upgraded on Jan 13 08:25 UTC and this error occurred.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libreoffice-core 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-8.14-generic 3.2.0
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-8-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jan 13 09:25:55 2012
DuplicateSignature:
 Unpacking replacement libreoffice-math ...
 Preparing to replace libreoffice-core 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu2 (using .../libreoffice-core_1%3a3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
 rmdir: failed to remove `usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.4/program/': Directory not empty
 dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-core_1%3a3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64+mac (20111011)
SourcePackage: libreoffice
Title: package libreoffice-core 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #915271, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Pete Graner (pgraner)]

I tried running apt-get -f install and here is the output:

pgraner@x220:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libreoffice-core
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libreoffice-core
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
99 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/38.6 MB of archives.
After this operation, 5,895 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Setting up libssl1.0.0 (1.0.0e-3ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
(Reading database ... 279694 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libreoffice-core 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu2 (using .../libreoffice-core_1%3a3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
rmdir: failed to remove `usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.4/program/': Directory not empty
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-core_1%3a3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-core_1%3a3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
pgraner@x220:~$

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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