Re: OpenOffice language locale

[Chris Lale <ctlale@coolscience.co.uk>]

I cannot install the unstable version of openoffice.org.

Chris Halls wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 01:01:42PM +0000,
>
> This was a problem with the package openoffice.org-debian-files that 
should
> have been corrected in the latest version in unstable.



Steve Juranich wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Jan 2003 20:33:50 +0000,
>
>
> Use "pinning".  You'll want to make an /etc/apt/apt.conf file that
> looks something like this:
>
> APT {
>   Default-Release "testing";
> };
>
> (Be sure to replace "testing" with whicever branch you want to
> follow.) 

Done! (I used "stable".)

> Then a/etc/apt/preferences file that looks like:
>
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=unstable
> Pin-Priority: 40
>
> This will give all of the unstable packages a really low priority so
> that they will never be installed automatically, only by specific
> request from the command line.

Done!

I commented-out these lines to /etc/apt.sources.list:
# openoffice.org
# deb http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/openoffice/ testing main contrib

I added these lines to /etc/apt.sources.list:
# unstable
deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib

I ran apt-get update. These files were read:
Hit ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main Release
Hit ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/non-free Release
Hit ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/contrib Release

OK so far! But, 'apt-cache show openoffice.org' gives the currently 
installed version: Version: 1.0.1-5+woody.2. Apt-get install 
openoffice.org reports that he current version is already the latest 
version.

A Debian website package search of unstable shows: Package: 
openoffice.org 1.0.1-7 [contrib] is the latest package.

Any ideas?

Cheers,

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Chris Lale             <ctlale@coolscience.co.uk>