Re: problems installing openoffice.org in etch

[Marcelo Chiapparini <marcelo.chiappa@gmail.com>]

Florian Kulzer wrote:
> 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

Florian, I have that file with "etch" in the place of "stable". So:

marcelo@nostromo2:~$ ls -lh
/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-amd64_Packages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root marcelo 2.3M 2008-05-19 10:33
/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_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

Nothing is returned:

marcelo@nostromo2:~$ grep -A7 '^Package: libstlport4.6c2'
/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-amd64_Packages
marcelo@nostromo2:~$

> 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

Follows the output:

marcelo@nostromo2:~$ sudo aptitude -o Acquire::PDiffs=false update
Get:1 http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release.gpg [189B]
Get:2 http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release [37.6kB]
Get:3 http://http.us.debian.org etch Release.gpg [378B]
Hit http://http.us.debian.org etch Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org etch/main Packages
Get:4 http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch Release.gpg [189B]
Get:5 http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages [254kB]
Hit http://http.us.debian.org etch/contrib Packages
Hit http://http.us.debian.org etch/non-free Packages
Get:6 http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch Release [9434B]
Get:7 http://www.backports.org etch-backports Release.gpg [189B]
Get:8 http://www.backports.org etch-backports Release [43.7kB]
Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch/main Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/non-free Packages
Get:9 http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources [40.7kB]
Get:10 http://www.backports.org etch-backports/main Packages [315kB]
Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Sources
Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/non-free Sources
Hit http://www.backports.org etch-backports/contrib Packages
Hit http://www.backports.org etch-backports/non-free Packages
Fetched 700kB in 47s (14.8kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done

After this, libstlport4.6c2 is still missing...

marcelo@nostromo2:~$ grep -A7 '^Package: libstlport4.6c2'
/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-amd64_Packages
marcelo@nostromo2:~$

> If all else fails, try another mirror.

I'll do. Thanks a *lot* for your patience and time!

Marcelo

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Marcelo Chiapparini