[clug] Installing openoffice.org-base

[Keith Sayers]

On Thursday 03 November 2011 Scott Ferguson pondered and then counselled :

> I am getting a refusal message "The following packages block the installation -
>  openoffice.org-base".
> 
> Very odd....
> 
> Sounds like a version conflict. Is that the entire message?

	Yes, it comes in two lines - The to installation on one line and then openoffice.org-
base below.
 
> Which repository are you trying to install it from?

	The default, which I assume to be local?

> Please attach the output of:-
> $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list

Keith at Tsunami:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 10.04.2 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release i386 (20110215.2)]/ lucid main 
restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main restricted universe 
multiverse
# deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main restricted universe 
multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                               
keith at Tsunami:~$

> What do you get from:-
> $ apt-get -s install openoffice.org-base

root at Tsunami:/home/keith# apt-get -s install openoffice.org-base
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:
  openoffice.org-base: Depends: openoffice.org-core (= 1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4) but it is not going 
to be installed
                       Depends: openoffice.org-base-core (= 1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4) but it is not 
going to be installed
                       Depends: openoffice.org-java-common (>= 1:3.2.0~) but it is not going 
to be installed
E: Broken packages
root at Tsunami:/home/keith# 

	If it is any relevance, when I click the K button and put Base in the top box I do 
get offered a Base option, but when I drag that to the desktop and click 	
on it what actually opens is Presentation (!) - would that suggest a crossed link or such?

	And another, albeit negative, point, I have _not_ got Libre office installed 
(apparently that can cause conflict).

Later - out of curiosity I have been back into KPackageKit to check on those three 
packages : openoffice.org-core and openoffice.org-java-common are both listed as 'installed' 
and openoffice.org-base-core is 'available'.

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