Re: problems installing openoffice.org in etch
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 11:51:17 -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
>> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 17:56:24 -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
>>> Florian Kulzer wrote:
>>>> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 16:38:13 -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
[...]
>>>>> Hi! follows a copy of my /etc/apt/sources.list file. Just in
>>>>> case, I am using the amd64 port of etch...
>>>>>
>>>>> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free
>>>> That should work; this mirror has the .deb file right here:
>>>> http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/stlport4.6/libstlport4.6c2_4.6.2-3_amd64.deb
>>>>
>>>> What happens if you run "aptitude update"? Are there any error messages?
>>>>
>>> Here it is, no error messages:
>>>
>>> marcelo@nostromo2:~$ sudo aptitude update
>>
>> [ lines not pertaining to http.us.debian.org removed ]
>>
>>> Get:1 http://http.us.debian.org etch Release.gpg [378B]
>>> Hit http://http.us.debian.org etch Release
>>> Ign http://http.us.debian.org etch/main Packages/DiffIndex
>>> Ign http://http.us.debian.org etch/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
>>> Ign http://http.us.debian.org etch/non-free Packages/DiffIndex
>>> Hit http://http.us.debian.org etch/main Packages
>>> Hit http://http.us.debian.org etch/contrib Packages
>>> Hit http://http.us.debian.org etch/non-free Packages
>>
>> That does look OK indeed. Do you now see the package available with
>> "apt-cache policy libstlport4.6c2"?
>
> Hi Florian,
>
> here is the output. The package is still missing:
>
> marcelo@nostromo2:~$ apt-cache policy libstlport4.6c2
> libstlport4.6c2:
> Installed: (none)
> Candidate: (none)
> Version table:
> 4.6.2-3 0
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> What about installing libstlport4.6c2 by hand? downloading the .deb file
> and using dpkg -i? of course, I will have to care about dependences by
> hand too. Does this make sense?
That is possible, but it will be a lot of work to download all the
dependencies (and the dependencies of the dependencies, etc.) yourself.
> I use synaptic for installing packages. Yesterday, when I ran synaptic,
> it complained about a dependence problem, asking to use "Fix broken
> packages" before installing anything. After that, the problem with the
> installation of openoffice begun. May be both things are related? I
> don't know...
I would like to know how long the Packages file for http.us.debian.org
is on your system. Please post the output of:
ls -lh /var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-amd64_Packages
Also, you can check if this file lists the libstlport4.6c2 package:
grep -A7 '^Package: libstlport4.6c2' /var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-amd64_Packages
Other things you can try:
Maybe there is a problem with the Packages file on your computer and it
does not get corrected because apt(itude) only downloads the index file
diffs by default. You can force a new download of the whole Packages
file with this:
aptitude -o Acquire::PDiffs=false update
(This will download several MB, so it might take a while depending on
your network connection.)
If all else fails, try another mirror.
--
Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer
Florian |
Reply to: