I usually don't do updates, but apparently libre office had an auto update feature i didn't disable and it just scrambled the OS. wtf lol i thought ubuntu was stable.
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Ubuntu always used to be! Its what I set up for my dad when he asked for a Linux box at age 66 lol.
so the problem you have is that the libraries you have on the system are not at the same level and there is a conflict. You should have done the updates. Now if you do the updates it might get fixed but also it might break. Backup what you need to.