package libreoffice-common (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/soffice', which is also in package openoffice.org-debian-menus 3.4-9593

[Davy Moore]

I was attempting to install Kmail and thunderbird both of which are email clients. This error stopped both install proccess's

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: libreoffice-common (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Dec 12 08:43:55 2012
DpkgHistoryLog:
 Start-Date: 2012-12-12 08:43:42
 Commandline: apt-get install -f
 Install: libreoffice-common:i386 (3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4, automatic)
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/soffice', which is also in package openoffice.org-debian-menus 3.4-9593
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-31 (43 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: libreoffice
Title: package libreoffice-common (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/soffice', which is also in package openoffice.org-debian-menus 3.4-9593
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)