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package libreoffice-core 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #915278 reported by Andreas Hasenack on 2012-01-12

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #915271: package libreoffice-core 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: rmdir: failed to remove `usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.4/program/': Directory not empty. Edit Remove

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	libreoffice (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Upgraded from oneiric to precise and the upgrade stopped with this error. I chose the option to file a report. Now I think I have to cancel the upgrade, let's see in what state the machine is.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libreoffice-core 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jan 12 09:45:55 2012
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100427.1)
SourcePackage: libreoffice
Title: package libreoffice-core 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-12 (0 days ago)

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Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack) wrote on 2012-01-12:

Dependencies.txt Edit (3.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstatetargz.gz Edit (686.7 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz Edit (4.4 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz Edit (11.5 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeHistorylog.gz Edit (22.2 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeLspcitxt.gz Edit (554 bytes, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz Edit (15.6 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeScreenlog0.gz Edit (331.5 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeSystemstatetargz.gz Edit (435.5 KiB, application/x-gzip)

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Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack) wrote on 2012-01-12:

Preparing to replace libreoffice-core 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 (using .../libreoffice-core_1%3a3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu2_i386.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_i386.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: considering deconfiguration of libreoffice-core, which would be broken by installation of libreoffice-common ...
dpkg: yes, will deconfigure libreoffice-core (broken by libreoffice-common).
Preparing to replace libreoffice-common 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 (using .../libreoffice-common_1%3a3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu2_all.deb) ...
De-configuring libreoffice-core ...

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Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack) wrote on 2012-01-12:

I removed all the libreoffice/openoffice packages and it looks like now the rest of the packages is being setup. I just won't have anything the upgrader might have done after the package upgrade, because it's no longer running.