Dpkg: error while processing a package libreoffice-common installed post-installation script returned error code 10

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Errors when installing libreoffice

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends libreoffice-writer libreoffice-calc

dpkg: error processing package libreoffice-common (--configure):
 subprocess from package libreoffice-common post-installation script returned error code 10
dpkg: dependencies prevent packages from being configured

dpkg: error processing package libreoffice-core (--configure):
 dependency problems – leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependencies prevent package libreoffice-calc from being configured:
 libreoffice-calc depends on libreoffice-common (>= 1:7.0.0~alpha~), but:
   The package libreoffice-common is not yet configured.
 libreoffice-calc depends on libreoffice-core (= 4:7.4.7-1+deb12u9), but:
   The package libreoffice-core is not yet configured.

dpkg: error processing package libreoffice-calc (--configure):
 dependency problems – leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependencies prevent package libreoffice-writer from being configured:
 libreoffice-writer depends on libreoffice-common (>= 1:7.0.0~alpha~), but:
   The package libreoffice-common is not yet configured.
 libreoffice-writer depends on libreoffice-core (= 4:7.4.7-1+deb12u9), but:
   The package libreoffice-core is not yet configured.

dpkg: error processing package libreoffice-writer (--configure):
 dependency problems – leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependencies prevent package libreoffice-base-core from being configured:
 libreoffice-base-core depends on libreoffice-core-nogui (= 4:7.4.7-1+deb12u9) | libreoffice-core (= 4:7.4.7-1+deb12u9), but:
   The package libreoffice-core-nogui is not installed.
   The package libreoffice-core is not yet configured.

dpkg: error processing package libreoffice-base-core (--configure):
 dependency problems – leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.14.1-4) …
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1) …
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) …
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1.1) …
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.36-9+deb12u13) …
Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-2) …
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (2.2-1) …
Processing triggers for security-misc (3:47.0-1) …
INFO: triggered security-misc: 'security-misc' security-misc DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_NAME: 'postinst' $*: 'triggered /usr' 2: '/usr'
/usr/libexec/security-misc/mmap-rnd-bits: INFO: Successfully written ASLR map config file:
/etc/sysctl.d/30_security-misc_aslr-mmap.conf
Running SUID Disabler and Permission Hardener... See also:
https://www.kicksecure.com/wiki/SUID_Disabler_and_Permission_Hardener
/var/lib/dpkg/info/security-misc.postinst: INFO: running: permission-hardener enable
permission-hardener: [NOTICE]: Executing: setcap -r /bin/ping
permission-hardener: [NOTICE]: To compare the current and previous permission modes, install 'meld' (or preferred diff tool) for comparison of file mode changes:
    sudo apt install --no-install-recommends meld
    meld /var/lib/permission-hardener-v2/existing_mode/statoverride /var/lib/permission-hardener-v2/new_mode/statoverride
/var/lib/dpkg/info/security-misc.postinst: INFO: Permission hardening success.
Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1) …
Errors occurred while processing the following packages:
 libreoffice-common
 libreoffice-core
 libreoffice-calc
 libreoffice-writer
 libreoffice-base-core

sudo dpkg --configure -a

sudo apt --fix-broken install

the same error appears when entering these commands.

I cannot install libreoffice on a working system

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I think you missed the part of the logs that actually shows the problem. The libreoffice package probably printed what went wrong immediately above the subprocess from package libreoffice-common post-installation script returned error code 10 line. Can you share the full output you get from apt? There’s no need to omit parts for the sake of brevity.

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