Install fail OO4.1.1 in Ubuntu14.04(64bit)

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Shane36
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Install fail OO4.1.1 in Ubuntu14.04(64bit)

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While installing I get this...

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shane@shane-MS-7673:~/Downloads/en-US/DEBS/desktop-integration$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Selecting previously unselected package openoffice-debian-menus.
(Reading database ... 264618 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack openoffice4.1-debian-menus_4.1.1-9775_all.deb ...
Unpacking openoffice-debian-menus (4.1.1-9775) ...
dpkg: error processing archive openoffice4.1-debian-menus_4.1.1-9775_all.deb (--install):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/soffice', which is also in package libreoffice-common 1:4.2.7-0ubuntu2
/usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache
gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.
/usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache
gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.
Processing triggers for gnome-icon-theme (3.10.0-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.2-0ubuntu3) ...
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 mime-support (3.54ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 openoffice4.1-debian-menus_4.1.1-9775_all.deb
shane@shane-MS-7673:~/Downloads/en-US/DEBS/desktop-integration$ 
shane@shane-MS-7673:~/Downloads/en-US/DEBS/desktop-integration$ 
unknown media type? How do I resolve this?
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Ubuntu 14.04
OpenOffice 4.1.1
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Re: Install fail OO4.1.1 in Ubuntu14.04(64bit)

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In a terminal type

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sudo apt-get purge libreoffice*
then reinstall OpenOffice.

Don't omit the * in the above terminal line.
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 on Xubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
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