Hello I have in mind to install OpenOffice via apt-get. So I tried out the following mirrors VPN-Junkies and Tuxfamily listed on http://www.linux-debian.de/openoffice/mirrors.html (both testing and unstable). But none of them worked. Using apt-get update for testing, I got the following output:
Err http://ftp.freenet.de testing/main Packages 404 Not found [IP: 194.97.2.68 80] Hit http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Packages Hit http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Release ... Ign http://ftp.freenet.de testing/main Release Err http://ftp.freenet.de testing/contrib Packages 404 Not found [IP: 194.97.2.68 80] Ign http://ftp.freenet.de testing/contrib Release Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Release ... Failed to fetch http://ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.vpn-junkies.de/openoffice/dists/testing /main/binary-powerpc/Packages 404 Not found [IP: 194.97.2.68 80] Failed to fetch http://ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.vpn-junkies.de/openoffice/dists/testing /contrib/binary-powerpc/Packages 404 Not found [IP: 194.97.2.68 80] Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.freenet.de testing/main Packages (/va r/lib/apt/lists/ftp.freenet.de_pub_ftp.vpn-junkies.de_openoffice_dists_testing_main_b inary-powerpc_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.freenet.de testing/contrib ... E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used inst ead. Using unstable, the following message appeared: rowe:/etc/apt# apt-get update Get:1 http://ftp.freenet.de unstable/main Packages [2342B] Ign http://ftp.freenet.de unstable/main Release Get:2 http://ftp.freenet.de unstable/contrib Packages [3487B] Ign http://ftp.freenet.de unstable/contrib Release Hit http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Packages Get:3 http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Release [91B] Hit http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/contrib Packages Get:4 http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/contrib Release [94B] ... Fetched 1879kB in 1m14s (25.1kB/s) Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done rowe:/etc/apt# apt-get install openoffice.org Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... 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. ... Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: openoffice.org: Depends: openoffice.org-bin (>= 1.0.1-3) but it is not going to be installed E: Sorry, broken packages rowe:/etc/apt# apt-get install openoffice.org openoffice.org-bin Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have ... The following information may help to resolve the situation: Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: openoffice.org-bin: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5-13) but 2.2.5-6 is to be installed Depends: libgcc1 (>= 1:3.2-0pre4) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libstdc++4 (>= 1:3.1) but it is not installable Depends: libstdc++5 (>= 1:3.2-0pre4) but it is not installable Depends: libstlport4.5gcc3.2 but it is not installable E: Sorry, broken packages Do I have to install all the libs...? What does 'but is not installable' mean? I am using woody with Ben's Kernel '2.4.19-rc3-ben0' on an iMac. Any hints would be appreciated, Roland [EMAIL PROTECTED]