On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:28:59 -0700 Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am running Sarge and Debian stock kernel 2.6.8-k7. I had been > using OOo2 from OO.org, but it recently started giving me trouble > when trying to save files. I had not done any upgrades, so there > should not have been any difference. I took this as a sign that it > was time to switch to the backports version. I uninstalled all > openoffice* packages listed by 'dpkg-l | grep openoffice' and tried > to install with: > > sudo apt-get -u -t sarge-backports install openoffice.org > openoffice.org-help-en > > This said that it could not install openoffice.org because it > depended on all of its components, and none of them were to be > installed, so I changed my command to install the backports version > with: > > sudo apt-get -u -t sarge-backports install openoffice.org-core > openoffice.org-writer openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-impress > openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-math openoffice.org-base > openoffice.org-help-en > > but it said that openoffice.org-core conflicted with > openoffice.org-help-en. I removed the help package from the list and > the install went just fine, except... I have no help files. I had > asked about this on the list, previously, and was told that the > backports version DOES contain the help files. What package are they > in. Openoffice is just too large a package not to have its help files > available. If I can't get them installed I will have to go back to > the upstream packages. > They are lurking here: http://www.backports.org/debian/pool/contrib/o/openoffice.org-help/ You should add the "contrib" section to the relevant line in /etc/apt/sources.list. > BTW, trying to install openoffice.org-help-en-us-2.0.1 (as the > earlier install of the base package suggested) also fails with the > following error: > > ~$ sudo apt-get -u -t sarge-backports install > openoffice.org-help-en-us-2.0.1 > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Package openoffice.org-help-en-us-2.0.1 is not available, but is > referred to by another package. > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or > is only available from another source > E: Package openoffice.org-help-en-us-2.0.1 has no installation > candidate > > > Also, when I start openoffice with the ooffice command it says: > > ~$ ooffice > javaldx: Could not find a Java Runtime Environment! > [SNIP] In the Etch version of OOo, you can manually add a JRE using Tools -> Options -> OpenOffice.org -> Java. -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
