[EN] conflict: libreoffice dependencies (& dist-upgrade)

[grady]

Friends:

Trying to dist-upgrade, I am presented with unmet libreoffice dependencies that demand resolving before dist-upgrade will proceed.  
"apt-get -f install" reports lots, but I think this is the central statement:
 
"dpkg: regarding .../libreoffice-core_1%3a3.5.4-3_i386.deb containing libreoffice-core:
libreoffice-core conflicts with libreoffice-base(<< 1.3.5.4-3)
libreoffice-base (version 1:3.5.2-6) is present and unpacked but not configured"

How do I fix this, please?

grady

[ralul]

Very easy to fix, we do it all very often here:
wait!

[devil]

grady,

please provide full output of what apt-get -f install says, so we can decide what is important and how to fix.

greetz
devil

[grady]

devil:

Here goes. Since I'm not able to copy from tty1, I'll read from one machine, and write to another. So there may be some typos, but probably only in punctuation.

"root@debAboxbox:~#apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libreoffice libreoffice-base libreoffice-base-core libreoffice-calc libreoffice-common libreoffice-core libreoffice-draw libreoffice-impress li8breoffice-java-common libreoffice-math libreoffice-writer
Suggested packages: (starts with hunspell-dictionary, ends with libreoffice-style-oxygen)
Recommended packages:
librepaper-utils xfonts-mathml libreoffice-emailmerge
The following packages will be upgraded (all the extras I listed above)
11 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove, and 609 not upgraded.
164 not fully installed or removed
Need to get0 B/89.1 MB of archives.
After this operation, 28.6 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue(Y/n)?  y

dpkg: regarding .../libreoffice-core_1%3a3.5.4-3_i386.deb containing libreoffice-core:
  libreoffice-core conflicts with libreoffice-base (<< 1:3.5.4-3)
   libreoffice-base (version 1:3.5.2-6) is present and unpacked but not configured.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-core_1%3a3.5.4-3_i386.deb (--unpack):
 conflicting packages- not installing libreoffice-core
Errors were encountered while processing:
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@ debAboxbox:~# "

-------Ende

grady

[devil]

there is a very easy way to get the output of any command:

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siduction-paste apt-get -f install This will return a line like

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http://paste.siduction.org/20120612071520 and you give us this url and your paste can be looked at.

One more thing: Please put output of commands in code-brackets, like I did above. It helps redability. You can either set them manualy or find them in preview mode.

Now to your problem:
What does

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apt-get update && apt-get install libreoffice-base do? Please provide output.
Other than that you need to run a dist-upgrade as soon as this is solved. You got 609 packages waiting.

greetz
devil

[ralul]

@devil
if I was wrong with my first: Is this also that one-day weekend bug of dpkg? Should we simply provide a little script to forcely reinstall the latest 199 packages?

[grady]

@ devil:

Thank you for your fascinating advice.

I serve on boards of three NGOs. At two of them, today,hellz-a-poppin !

While your help is greatly valued, I shan't be able to respond until somewhere around 0500 UTC.

Bitte sehr: bleiben sie geduldig.

grady

[grady]

devil:

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http://paste.siduction.org/20120613054155

grady

[devil]

the output you pasted is only from apt-get update.

greetz
devil

[grady]

devil:

siduction-paste seems a little balky. I issued the command exactly as you asked. Anyway, you have "update".
Now:

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http://paste.siduction.org/20120613072210

I've issued the command
 

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siduction-paste apt-get -f install
---no reply, cursor's been blinking at me for ten minutes.

Gut morgen,
grady

[grady]

devil:

Two hours later, cursor still blinking: several clicks on "enter" yielded:
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), then the siduction-paste:

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http://paste.siduction.org/20120613072401

grady

[grady]

Friends:

Solved. I'll report later today. It's 2 AM MDST.

grady

[grady]

Friends:

Solution, from a member of ELUG (my local Edmonton Lunux Users' Group): to remove libreoffice:

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apt-get remove libreoffice*.*

Next, I did a long-overdue dist-upgrade. Took 15 minutes.
Next, I tried to reinstall libreoffice. System refused. It told me, and I did:

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apt-get -f install
That also took a long time.
After, I was able to reinstall libreoffice.
All appears to be in order.
Best to all,
grady