apt-get openoffice.org

[Middlechild]

Trying to update open office from 2.1 to the latest release 2.3. This is an effort to build up my PC using Knoppix installed on a hard drive, so debian is appropriate I think. The knoppix version was5.1.1 Feb 2007.

root@GatewayG6:~# apt-get install openoffice.org
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
openoffice.org-core: Depends: openoffice.org-common (> 2.2.1) but it is not going to be installed
openoffice.org-java-common: Depends: openoffice.org-common but it is not going to be installed
Depends: bsh (>= 2.0b4-1) but it is not going to be installed
openoffice.org-style-andromeda: Depends: openoffice.org-common (= 2.2.1- but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
root@GatewayG6:~#

Running install gives :

Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 111557 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking openoffice.org-common (from .../openoffice.org-common_2.2.1-8_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-common_2.2.1-8_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/openoffice', which is also in package openoffice-de-en
Unpacking bsh (from .../archives/bsh_2.0b4-6_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/bsh_2.0b4-6_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/bsh.1.gz', which is also in package ash-knoppix-26
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-common_2.2.1-8_all.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/bsh_2.0b4-6_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@GatewayG6:

To fix the dependencies I've tried combinations of apt-get update, apt-get -f install, dpkg, and lately using the force-overwrite in an attempt to clear these issues. What am I missing here?
Pat

[chadders]

What version are you using? (i.e. Etch, Lenny or Sid), not that this really matters, it doesn't appear that 2.3 is in any repos other than experimental... Debian -- Details of package openoffice.org in sid

You may have to look for alternative repos that offer it. Though there's nothing wrong with 2.2 or 2.1.

[Middlechild]

root@GatewayG6:~# uname -a
Linux GatewayG6 2.6.19 #7 SMP PREEMPT Sun Dec 17 22:01:07 CET 2006 i686 GNU/Linux
root@GatewayG6:~#

[Middlechild]

apt-get update ends with the following. Maybe solving this issue will help with the open office upgrade.

[snip...]

Hit Index of / experimental/contrib Packages
Hit Index of / experimental/non-free Packages
Fetched 10.6MB in 1m4s (164kB/s)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.uni-kl.de/debian-local/di...86/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 131.246.120.27 80]
Reading package lists... Done
W: There is no public key available for the following key IDs:
B5D0C804ADB11277
W: GPG error: sidux.com :: debian based live cd development sid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 3916C431F80994F6
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
root@GatewayG6:~#

[Sam Liu]

I suggest trying aptitude, it fixes problems like these sometimes. I'm on ubuntu but is pretty much the same. I've had this kind of problem with other stuff before.

[Middlechild]

I tried to install aptitude using apt-get, but never got past the same error on openoffice.org dependencies

First advice to new users, update your sources.list!

I ended up in an evil loop having to bypass checks every time I ran apt-get with the phrase "yes, do as I say" which is not good at all. Definately no desireable!

Installed Ubuntu instead.
Trying out this distribution instead.

Thanks for the help!