Comment #4 over on this post on Andre Gondim's blog should also do the trick, fwiw:
http://en.andregondim.eti.br/?p=11 For the link-impatient: apt-get install package-name -o DPkg::options::="--force-overwrite" -- package openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us.list] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/myspell/dicts/hyph_en_US.dic', which is also in package openoffice.org-hyphenation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192310 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
