Re: problems installing openoffice.org in etch

["Mumia W.." <paduille.4061.mumia.w+nospam@earthlink.net>]

On 05/20/2008 09:51 AM, 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:
> > > > > Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > > > > > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 15:01:49 -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
> > > > > > > Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 14:02:44 -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
> > > > [...]
> > > >
> > > > > > > > > Thank you very much for the advice. However, I am still having 
> > > > > > > > > the same  problem: 'aptitude remove --purge <package>' does not 
> > > > > > > > > fix the problem.  The problem with the unmet dependencies
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > libstlport4.6c2
> > > > > > > > > libservlet2.3-java
> > > > > > > > > libxt-java
> > > > > > > > > libmdbtools
> > > > > > > > > libportaudio0
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > > > 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?

You shouldn't have to do that.

> 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...
>
> thanks a lot for your time!

Something seems to be broken with your apt system. Please don't muss 
your system on my account, but I would delete (or move) everything in 
/var/cache/apt/* . Those things should be recreated by the next 
"aptitude update" (and possibly "apt-file update").

The way I see it, you've performed all the steps necessary to get 
libstlport4.6c2 recognized by apt-get as an installation option, so 
something must be wrong with apt.

Do this:

cd /var/cache/apt
mkdir /var/trash.d
mv /var/cache/apt/* /var/trash.d/
aptitude update


Then do the "apt-cache policy libstlport4.6c2" again. The package should 
appear this time. If not, I'm mystified.