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Re: installing openoffice.org_2.0.3



On Monday 25 December 2006 16:55, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
> Hello all!
hiho
>
>  I am new to this list. I am running a pure sarge system, except by
> firefox, which I've installed from backports.
> Now I want to install openoffice.org_2.0.3, and I can't. Here are the
> steps I made:
>
> 1) added the line
>
> deb http://www.backports.org/debian sarge-backports main contrib
> non-free
>
> to my sources.list file
>
> 2) ran aptitude-update
> 3) added the following information to the preferences file in
> the /etc/apt directory
>
> Package: openoffice.org_2.0.3
> Pin: release a=sarge-backports
> Pin-Priority: 999
>
> 4) ram aptitude install openoffice.org_2.0.3
>
> I get the message 'Couldn't find any package whose name or description
> matched "openoffice.org_2.0.3"'
the package you are looking for is named 'openoffice.org2'.
use
# aptitude show openoffice.org2
you will see, that's a virtual package, with is provided by 'openoffice.org'

now
# aptitude install openoffice.org 
>
> I searched the backports archives looking for a tip, but I was
> unsuccesful.
>
> How openoffice.org_2.0.3 should be installed from backports?
>
> Thanks in advence for any help!
>
> Marcelo

with kind regards

muempf
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