Can't Install LibreOffice due to Dependency Problem

[Gameranand]

I ran

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist upgrade
and it basically removed my LibreOffice installation. Now when I try to install it again using

sudo apt-get install libreoffice
it gave me dependency problems. So I executed

sudo apt-get purge libreoffice*
then I tried to install but same problem. I am getting this error

gameranand@serenity ~ $ sudo apt-get -f install libreoffice
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libreoffice : Depends: libreoffice-base but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-calc but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-core (= 1:5.2.0~rc1-0ubuntu1~xenial1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-draw but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-impress but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-math but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-report-builder-bin but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-writer but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer but it is not going to be installed
Depends: python3-uno (>= 4.4.0~beta2) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
How do I fix this. I really need the solution because I use Libreoffice on daily basis.

[jimallyn]

I ran

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist upgrade

And there's your problem. Mint does not recommend running apt-get dist upgrade. Now you know why. They recommend using the Update Manager they have provided. But stick around, perhaps one of the gurus here can give you some ideas on how to fix your system.

[Cosmo.]

As jimallyn said: You created your own problem.

Open synaptic and search for broken packages.

[Gameranand]

Yes I know that after searching a little. But now how do I fix it. I searched Synaptic packet manager for Broken packages but didn't find any at all.

[Fred Barclay]

I believe there is something else going on here as well.

Depends: libreoffice-core (= 1:5.2.0~rc1-0ubuntu1~xenial1) but it is not going to be installed

You should not be dependent upon a Ubuntu package in Debian or LMDE, particularly a Ubuntu Xenial package.

Did you perhaps mix repos? What do your repos look like currently?

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inxi -r

[Gameranand]

Yes Repositories were mixed. Removed them and it solved the problem. However I wanted to use LibreOffice 5 so didn't installed and used external source to Download and install the software.

[Fred Barclay]

Let's make sure that no ubuntu packages are installed to your system.

What do

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apt-show-versions | grep ubuntu
apt-show-versions | grep xenial

say?

Additionally, did you know that libreoffice-5 is in jessie-backports? It's what I'm using without any problems, and is much safer than adding additional repos.