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

[Nigel Greenway]

I was installing the packages via the Lubuntu Software Center, when partway through installing, this error message came up.
I am using Lubuntu 11

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: libreoffice-common (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Sep 27 06:26:36 2011
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/mime/packages/openoffice.org.xml', which is also in package openoffice.org-debian-menus 3.3-9556
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - i386 (20101203)
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)

[Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen)]

openoffice.org-debian-menus never was an official package. If you installed it manually you also need to take care of it -- that is removing it before installing the Ubuntu release of Libreoffice.