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Re: Can apt-get install or remove openoffice



On Tue, 2003-05-27 at 02:20, Kevin Mark wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-05-26 at 22:16, J F wrote:
> > Thanks in advance,
> > I can't remove  it or install it, see 2 command below:
> > 
> > 
> > root@a1700xp:/etc/apt# apt-get remove openoffice.org
[snip]
> > 
> > 
> If apt says it 'is not going to be installed, it may mean that your
> setup may not configured to get the version it needs.
> eg. if your setup is for 'stable' and it needs a package from 'testing'
> or 'unstable', this could happen. Sometimes I say 'apt-get install
> pkg/unstable' to fix this. But you have to decide if you want unstable
> pacakges.
> 
> > root@a1700xp:/etc/apt# apt-get -f install
[snip]
> >  trying to overwrite 
> > `/usr/share/icons/locolor/16x16/apps/001_star_butterfly.xpm', which is 
> > also in package openoffice-de-en
> > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)

try running "dpkg --purge openoffice-de-en" and then run "apt-get -f
install" again

-Mark



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