package libreoffice-common (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/mime/packages/openoffice.org.xml', which is also in package openoffice.org-debian-menus 3.3-9556

[Satya Swaroop Damarla]

I cannot installl the unmet dependencies of libre office....

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: libreoffice-common (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Feb 25 13:25:20 2012
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Unpacking libreoffice-common (from .../libreoffice-common_1%3a3.3.4-0ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
 dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-common_1%3a3.3.4-0ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/mime/packages/openoffice.org.xml', which is also in package openoffice.org-debian-menus 3.3-9556
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/mime/packages/openoffice.org.xml', which is also in package openoffice.org-debian-menus 3.3-9556
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
SourcePackage: libreoffice
Title: package libreoffice-common (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/mime/packages/openoffice.org.xml', which is also in package openoffice.org-debian-menus 3.3-9556
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Bryan Quigley (bryanquigley)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner.

Since this is a packaging related bug for a now unsupported release, we are going to close it. LibreOffice packaging has changed a good amount since this report.

Please feel free to report any other bugs you find.