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Whenever I try to open Ubuntu Software Center it says my files are corrupted, when I click repair, it says,

Package operation failed
      The installation or removal of a software package failed
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Preparing to unpack .../tor_0.2.4.20-1_i386.deb ...
Unpacking tor (0.2.4.20-1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/tor_0.2.4.20-1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/tor', which is also in package tor-browser 3.5.4
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/tor_0.2.4.20-1_i386.deb
Error in function: 
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of vidalia:
 vidalia depends on tor (>= 0.2.2.29-beta-1); however:
  Package tor is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package vidalia (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tor-geoipdb:
 tor-geoipdb depends on tor (>= 0.2.4.20-1); however:
  Package tor is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package tor-geoipdb (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Zanna
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I had the same problem. This solution worked for me:

sudo dpkg -r tor-browser tor-geoipdb
sudo apt-get install -f

Run these commands to install TOR:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/tor-browser
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tor-browser
Zanna
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Chris G
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