Re: [tdf-discuss] Problems installing LibO beta2 on Debian

 On 17/10/10 04:26 AM, AG wrote:
> On 16/10/10 22:33, Scott Furry wrote:
> > In TDF archive is the message thread of observations about the deb 
> > repository and setting it up.
> > See the thread:
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss@documentfoundation.org/msg00497.html
> > "[TDF discuss] LO deb repo" for more details.
> > > > I found that I had to uninstall beta1 to get things to work.
> > > > Once I squared away beta1/beta2 issues things went swimmingly.
> > > >
> > > > Install from the cmd line for apt I had to use "libreoffice3* 
> > > > libobasis3* libreoffice-menus*" when I first installed but after 
> > > > that updates were picked up normally.
> > >
> > > Can you elaborate a bit pls?
> > prompt> sudo apt-get install libreoffice3* lobasis3.3* 
> > libreoffice-debian-menus
> Thanks for the details Scott
>
> I followed this, removed the previously installed beta 2 version of 
> LibO and attempted an installation as per your apt-get line. The result:
>
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/libobasis3.3-core01_3.3.0-9_i386.deb
<snip>...
> /var/cache/apt/archives/libobasis3.3-writer_3.3.0-9_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> So no go. Perhaps this is just me, but I really don't think that one 
> should have this degree of difficulty installing an application, 
> especially when - generally speaking - apt-get is one of the more 
> robust package managers available.
>
> So, back to removing any partial installs and re-installing by hand.
>
> Thanks anyway.
> AG
I would take a guess that if you did an "apt-get install" prior to this, 
then you may have some kind of "unclean" copies of debs. Did you happen 
to think of doing an "apt-get clean" or "apt-get autoremove" before 
trying the download again?

SF

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