package libreoffice-common 1:3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 134

[Chris Wilson]

I've just upgraded to Precise and during the process I was presented with a dialogue warning me that LibreOffice couldn't be upgraded. When I completed the installation and rebooted, I tried to install libqt4-dev and got the following response

notgary@notgary-iMac:~$ sudo apt-get install libqt4-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
 libqt4-dev : Depends: libqt4-help (= 4:4.7.4-1ubuntu6) but it is not going to be installed
              Depends: libqt4-scripttools (= 4:4.7.4-1ubuntu6) but it is not going to be installed
              Depends: libqt4-test (= 4:4.7.4-1ubuntu6) but it is not going to be installed
              Depends: qt4-linguist-tools (= 4:4.7.4-1ubuntu6) but it is not going to be installed
              Depends: qt4-qmake (= 4:4.7.4-1ubuntu6) but it is not going to be installed
              Recommends: libqt4-opengl-dev (= 4:4.7.4-1ubuntu6) but it is not going to be installed
              Recommends: libqtwebkit-dev (>= 2.0~) but it is not going to be installed
 libreoffice-base-core : Depends: libreoffice-core (= 1:3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu2) but 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
 libreoffice-calc : Depends: libreoffice-core (= 1:3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu2) but 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
 libreoffice-common : Breaks: libreoffice-core (< 1:3.5~) but 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
 libreoffice-draw : Depends: libreoffice-core (= 1:3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu2) but 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
 libreoffice-filter-binfilter : Depends: libreoffice-core (= 1:3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu2) but 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
 libreoffice-gnome : Depends: libreoffice-core (= 1:3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu2) but 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
 libreoffice-gtk : Depends: libreoffice-core (= 1:3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu2) but 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
 libreoffice-impress : Depends: libreoffice-core (= 1:3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu2) but 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
 libreoffice-math : Depends: libreoffice-core (= 1:3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu2) but 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
 libreoffice-writer : Depends: libreoffice-core (= 1:3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu2) but 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
 python-uno : Depends: libreoffice-core (= 1:3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu2) but 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

Just from reading this it seems to me that two pieces of the apt dependency chain between the archive and my computer have become de-synced. I've tried following the advice given in the apt-get output, but only get this:

notgary@notgary-iMac:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  gir1.2-polkit-1.0 libattr1-dev libpolkit-gobject-1-dev e2fslibs-dev libx264-116 comerr-dev kdebase-runtime libgtkmm-2.4-doc libpolkit-gtk-1-dev libpolkit-gtk-1-0 libacl1-dev openoffice.org-common libattica0 libreoffice-l10n-common libbz2-dev
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
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.
12 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/37.3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 3,492 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 288305 files and directories currently installed.)
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
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-core_1%3a3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

My package manager is effectively knocked out until this can be resolved. Any ideas what I can do at my end?

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libreoffice-common 1:3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-8.15-generic-pae 3.2.0
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-8-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jan 12 20:39:07 2012
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 134
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: libreoffice
Title: package libreoffice-common 1:3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 134
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-12 (0 days ago)