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Another problem with update manager

Asked by William Pabon

This one happened with the 12.04 OS I installed in my Mac using Virtual Box. While running Update Manager, I get the following message (while updating LibreOffice):

COULD NOT INITIALIZE THE PACKAGE INFORMATION
An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.

Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:

'E:Type 'ain' is not known on line 3 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-ppa-precise.list'

As a result of that I ge a red negative sign in the top bar!

How do I solve this? Your help is deeply appreciated. Thanks.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

What is the full output of the following Terminal command?

cat -n /etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-ppa-precise.list

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William Pabon (williepabon) said : 		#2

@Mark:

Thanks for answering. Here's the result of the command requested:

williepabon@william-VirtualBox:~$ cat -n /etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-ppa-precise.list
     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu precise main
     2 deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu precise main
     3 ain
williepabon@william-VirtualBox:~$

Hope this helps to solve the problem. Thanks.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#3

I suspect that your package manager is experiencing the following bug:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/789859

Line 3 is invalid.

Run this Terminal command:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-ppa-precise.list

Remove the line containing "ain" and save the change to the file.

Then please send the output of the following commands:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

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William Pabon (williepabon) said : 		#4

@Mark:
Thanks for answering fast. Here, the resultso of the two commands. Only problem I saw was at the end of the dist-upgrade command (an error code (1)).

williepabon@william-VirtualBox:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for williepabon:
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg [316 B]
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg [316 B]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release
Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release [11.9 kB]
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release
Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release [11.9 kB]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner i386 Packages
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner TranslationIndex
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Sources
Hit https://private-ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main i386 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit https://private-ppa.launchpad.net precise Release
Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Sources [9,205 B]
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main i386 Packages [38.2 kB]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg [198 B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg [198 B]
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Sources
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner TranslationIndex
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release [98.7 kB]
Get:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Sources [20.0 kB]
Get:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main i386 Packages [69.3 kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release [50.7 kB]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main i386 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en
Hit https://private-ppa.launchpad.net precise/main i386 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en_US
Get:13 https://private-ppa.launchpad.net precise/main TranslationIndex [369 B]
Ign https://private-ppa.launchpad.net precise/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Sources [477 kB]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en
Ign https://private-ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en_US
Ign https://private-ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Sources [8,056 B]
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Sources [110 kB]
Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Sources [8,881 B]
Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages [856 kB]
Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages [13.7 kB]
Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe i386 Packages [253 kB]
Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [15.5 kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe TranslationIndex
Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Sources [108 kB]
Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Sources [2,494 B]
Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Sources [32.7 kB]
Get:25 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Sources [1,786 B]
Get:26 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages [444 kB]
Get:27 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages [4,620 B]
Get:28 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe i386 Packages [102 kB]
Get:29 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages [2,644 B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en
Fetched 2,751 kB in 14s (190 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
williepabon@william-VirtualBox:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  fonts-opensymbol libreoffice-base libreoffice-base-core
  libreoffice-base-drivers libreoffice-common libreoffice-core
  libreoffice-emailmerge libreoffice-gnome libreoffice-gtk
  libreoffice-java-common libreoffice-pdfimport libreoffice-sdbc-firebird
  libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb libreoffice-style-crystal
  libreoffice-style-hicontrast libreoffice-style-human
  libreoffice-style-oxygen libreoffice-style-sifr libreoffice-style-tango
  python-uno uno-libs3 ure
22 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 70.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 2,628 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main uno-libs3 i386 4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 [775 kB]
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main ure i386 4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 [1,847 kB]
Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main libreoffice-base i386 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 [1,636 kB]
Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main libreoffice-gnome i386 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 [145 kB]
Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main python-uno i386 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 [292 kB]
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main libreoffice-common all 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 [20.1 MB]
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main libreoffice-pdfimport i386 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 [287 kB]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main libreoffice-base-core i386 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 [812 kB]
Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main libreoffice-gtk i386 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 [263 kB]
Get:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main libreoffice-core i386 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 [32.4 MB]
Get:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main libreoffice-style-human all 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 [1,653 kB]
Get:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main libreoffice-style-sifr all 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 [1,420 kB]
Get:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main libreoffice-style-hicontrast all 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 [773 kB]
Get:14 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main libreoffice-style-tango all 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 [1,630 kB]
Get:15 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main libreoffice-style-oxygen all 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 [1,849 kB]
Get:16 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main libreoffice-style-crystal all 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 [1,872 kB]
Get:17 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main fonts-opensymbol all 2:102.6+LibO4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 [157 kB]
Get:18 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main libreoffice-base-drivers i386 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 [606 kB]
Get:19 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main libreoffice-java-common all 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 [2,070 kB]
Get:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main libreoffice-sdbc-firebird i386 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 [74.8 kB]
Get:21 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb i386 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 [186 kB]
Get:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main libreoffice-emailmerge all 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 [74.6 kB]
Fetched 70.9 MB in 1min 57s (605 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 582375 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace uno-libs3 4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1 (using .../uno-libs3_4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement uno-libs3 ...
Preparing to replace ure 4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1 (using .../ure_4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement ure ...
Selecting previously unselected package libreoffice-base.
Preparing to replace libreoffice-base 1:4.3.0-0ubuntu1~precise1 (using .../libreoffice-base_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libreoffice-base ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-base_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libreoffice/share/basic/script.xlc', which is also in package libreoffice-common 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg-deb (subprocess): subprocess data was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess <decompress> returned error exit status 2
Preparing to replace libreoffice-gnome 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1 (using .../libreoffice-gnome_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libreoffice-gnome ...
Preparing to replace python-uno 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1 (using .../python-uno_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement python-uno ...
Preparing to replace libreoffice-common 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1 (using .../libreoffice-common_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libreoffice-common ...
Preparing to replace libreoffice-pdfimport 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1 (using .../libreoffice-pdfimport_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libreoffice-pdfimport ...
Preparing to replace libreoffice-base-core 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1 (using .../libreoffice-base-core_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libreoffice-base-core ...
Preparing to replace libreoffice-gtk 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1 (using .../libreoffice-gtk_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libreoffice-gtk ...
Preparing to replace libreoffice-core 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1 (using .../libreoffice-core_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libreoffice-core ...
Preparing to replace libreoffice-style-human 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1 (using .../libreoffice-style-human_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libreoffice-style-human ...
Preparing to replace libreoffice-style-sifr 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1 (using .../libreoffice-style-sifr_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libreoffice-style-sifr ...
Preparing to replace libreoffice-style-hicontrast 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1 (using .../libreoffice-style-hicontrast_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libreoffice-style-hicontrast ...
Preparing to replace libreoffice-style-tango 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1 (using .../libreoffice-style-tango_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libreoffice-style-tango ...
Preparing to replace libreoffice-style-oxygen 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1 (using .../libreoffice-style-oxygen_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libreoffice-style-oxygen ...
Preparing to replace libreoffice-style-crystal 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1 (using .../libreoffice-style-crystal_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libreoffice-style-crystal ...
Preparing to replace fonts-opensymbol 2:102.6+LibO4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1 (using .../fonts-opensymbol_2%3a102.6+LibO4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement fonts-opensymbol ...
Preparing to replace libreoffice-base-drivers 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1 (using .../libreoffice-base-drivers_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libreoffice-base-drivers ...
Preparing to replace libreoffice-java-common 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1 (using .../libreoffice-java-common_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libreoffice-java-common ...
Preparing to replace libreoffice-sdbc-firebird 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1 (using .../libreoffice-sdbc-firebird_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libreoffice-sdbc-firebird ...
Preparing to replace libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1 (using .../libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb ...
Preparing to replace libreoffice-emailmerge 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1 (using .../libreoffice-emailmerge_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libreoffice-emailmerge ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ...
Unknown media type in type 'all/all'
Unknown media type in type 'all/allfiles'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mms'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmst'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmsu'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/pnm'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspt'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspu'
Processing triggers for gnome-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for fontconfig ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-base_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
williepabon@william-VirtualBox:~$

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William Pabon (williepabon) said : 		#5

@Mark:

After looking closely the report, I also found this:

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-base_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libreoffice/share/basic/script.xlc', which is also in package libreoffice-common 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg-deb (subprocess): subprocess data was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess <decompress> returned error exit status 2

Hope this helps.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#6

There is a problem with the PPA you enabled.

The package http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main libreoffice-base i386 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 [1,636 kB]
contains the file /usr/lib/libreoffice/share/basic/script.xlc which is also part of the official Ubuntu package libreoffice-common which contains the same file.

There is a conflict between the PPA package and the official Ubuntu package.

I suppose you will need to force the install of libreoffice-base

Try these commands:

cd /var/cache/apt/archives/

sudo dpkg -i --force-all libreoffice-base_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_i386.deb

I also suggest contacting the PPA maintainer about this.

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William Pabon (williepabon) said : 		#7

@Mark:
I'm enclosing of what happened when running your suggested commands. Con't know if it was successful or not. Please advise.

williepabon@william-VirtualBox:/var/cache/apt/archives$ sudo dpkg -i --force-all libreoffice-base_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_i386.deb
[sudo] password for williepabon:
(Reading database ... 582382 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libreoffice-base 1:4.3.0-0ubuntu1~precise1 (using libreoffice-base_1%3a4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libreoffice-base ...
dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
 trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libreoffice/share/basic/script.xlc', which is also in package libreoffice-common 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1
dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
 trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libreoffice/share/basic/dialog.xlc', which is also in package libreoffice-common 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libreoffice-base.postrm: 31: /var/lib/dpkg/info/libreoffice-base.postrm: Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting "fi")
dpkg: warning: subprocess old post-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
dpkg: ... it looks like that went OK.
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-base-core' (required by `libreoffice-base')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-base-drivers' (required by `libreoffice-base')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-core' (required by `libreoffice-base')
dpkg: also configuring `uno-libs3' (required by `libreoffice-base')
dpkg: also configuring `ure' (required by `libreoffice-base')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-core' (required by `libreoffice-base-core')
dpkg: also configuring `uno-libs3' (required by `libreoffice-base-core')
dpkg: also configuring `ure' (required by `libreoffice-base-core')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-core' (required by `libreoffice-base-drivers')
dpkg: also configuring `uno-libs3' (required by `libreoffice-base-drivers')
dpkg: also configuring `ure' (required by `libreoffice-base-drivers')
dpkg: also configuring `fonts-opensymbol' (required by `libreoffice-core')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-common' (required by `libreoffice-core')
dpkg: also configuring `ure' (required by `libreoffice-core')
dpkg: also configuring `uno-libs3' (required by `libreoffice-core')
Setting up uno-libs3 (4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1) ...
Setting up ure (4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1) ...
dpkg: also configuring `fonts-opensymbol' (required by `libreoffice-core')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-common' (required by `libreoffice-core')
dpkg: error processing uno-libs3 (--install):
 package uno-libs3 is already installed and configured
dpkg: error processing ure (--install):
 package ure is already installed and configured
dpkg: also configuring `fonts-opensymbol' (required by `libreoffice-core')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-common' (required by `libreoffice-core')
dpkg: error processing uno-libs3 (--install):
 package uno-libs3 is already installed and configured
dpkg: error processing ure (--install):
 package ure is already installed and configured
Setting up fonts-opensymbol (2:102.6+LibO4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1) ...
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-style-human' (required by `libreoffice-common')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-style-oxygen' (required by `libreoffice-common')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-style-sifr' (required by `libreoffice-common')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-style-crystal' (required by `libreoffice-common')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-style-hicontrast' (required by `libreoffice-common')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-style-tango' (required by `libreoffice-common')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-style-human' (required by `libreoffice-common')
dpkg: error processing ure (--install):
 package ure is already installed and configured
dpkg: error processing uno-libs3 (--install):
 package uno-libs3 is already installed and configured
dpkg: error processing fonts-opensymbol (--install):
 package fonts-opensymbol is already installed and configured
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-style-human' (required by `libreoffice-common')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-style-oxygen' (required by `libreoffice-common')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-style-sifr' (required by `libreoffice-common')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-style-crystal' (required by `libreoffice-common')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-style-hicontrast' (required by `libreoffice-common')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-style-tango' (required by `libreoffice-common')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-style-human' (required by `libreoffice-common')
dpkg: error processing fonts-opensymbol (--install):
 package fonts-opensymbol is already installed and configured
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-style-human' (required by `libreoffice-common')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-style-oxygen' (required by `libreoffice-common')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-style-sifr' (required by `libreoffice-common')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-style-crystal' (required by `libreoffice-common')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-style-hicontrast' (required by `libreoffice-common')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-style-tango' (required by `libreoffice-common')
dpkg: also configuring `libreoffice-style-human' (required by `libreoffice-common')
Setting up libreoffice-style-human (1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1) ...
Setting up libreoffice-style-oxygen (1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1) ...
Setting up libreoffice-style-sifr (1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1) ...
Setting up libreoffice-style-crystal (1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1) ...
Setting up libreoffice-style-hicontrast (1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1) ...
Setting up libreoffice-style-tango (1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1) ...
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-style-human (--install):
 package libreoffice-style-human is already installed and configured
Setting up libreoffice-common (1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1) ...
Setting up libreoffice-core (1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1) ...
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-style-human (--install):
 package libreoffice-style-human is already installed and configured
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-style-oxygen (--install):
 package libreoffice-style-oxygen is already installed and configured
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-style-sifr (--install):
 package libreoffice-style-sifr is already installed and configured
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-style-crystal (--install):
 package libreoffice-style-crystal is already installed and configured
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-style-hicontrast (--install):
 package libreoffice-style-hicontrast is already installed and configured
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-style-tango (--install):
 package libreoffice-style-tango is already installed and configured
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-style-human (--install):
 package libreoffice-style-human is already installed and configured
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-common (--install):
 package libreoffice-common is already installed and configured
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-core (--install):
 package libreoffice-core is already installed and configured
Setting up libreoffice-base-core (1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1) ...
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-style-human (--install):
 package libreoffice-style-human is already installed and configured
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-style-oxygen (--install):
 package libreoffice-style-oxygen is already installed and configured
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-style-sifr (--install):
 package libreoffice-style-sifr is already installed and configured
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-style-crystal (--install):
 package libreoffice-style-crystal is already installed and configured
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-style-hicontrast (--install):
 package libreoffice-style-hicontrast is already installed and configured
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-style-tango (--install):
 package libreoffice-style-tango is already installed and configured
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-style-human (--install):
 package libreoffice-style-human is already installed and configured
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-common (--install):
 package libreoffice-common is already installed and configured
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-core (--install):
 package libreoffice-core is already installed and configured
Setting up libreoffice-base-drivers (1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1) ...
Setting up libreoffice-base (1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
 uno-libs3
 ure
 uno-libs3
 ure
 ure
 uno-libs3
 fonts-opensymbol
 fonts-opensymbol
 libreoffice-style-human
 libreoffice-style-human
 libreoffice-style-oxygen
 libreoffice-style-sifr
 libreoffice-style-crystal
 libreoffice-style-hicontrast
 libreoffice-style-tango
 libreoffice-style-human
 libreoffice-common
 libreoffice-core
 libreoffice-style-human
 libreoffice-style-oxygen
 libreoffice-style-sifr
 libreoffice-style-crystal
 libreoffice-style-hicontrast
 libreoffice-style-tango
 libreoffice-style-human
 libreoffice-common
 libreoffice-core
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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#8

The PPA package does not work. I suggest contacting the PPA maintainer about this.

I am not sure, but I think the PPA maintainer might be Rico Tzschichholz.

You can contact him via this page:

https://launchpad.net/~ricotz

You could also try contacting Björn Michaelsen here:

https://launchpad.net/~bjoern-michaelsen

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#9

I also suggest rerunning the following commands to see if the package manager is still giving errors:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

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