Re: OpenOffice.org dependencies

[David Ayers <ayers@fsfe.org>]

David Ayers schrieb:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to install OOo(2) on a Sarge from backports.  I'm not certain
> whether I have all the prerequisites I need wrt the java runtime
> environment, 

[snip]

> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
> E: Unable to correct dependencies, some packages cannot be installed
> E: Unable to resolve some dependencies!
> ...
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   openoffice.org: Depends: openoffice.org-base (> 2.0.1) but it is not
> installable
> 

Sorry for the noise... this does seem to be related to the missing java
package.

Is there any effort being made in supporting a free java alternative?  A
gcc4.x packport maybe?

Cheers,
David