On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 23:43:02 -0500, M. Lewis wrote:
Florian Kulzer wrote:
On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 17:50:48 -0500, M. Lewis wrote:
Florian Kulzer wrote:
On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 03:07:50 -0500, M. Lewis wrote:
I'm having an issue with Aptitude that I'm not sure how to
correct. I was having an issue with OpenOffice so I decided the
easiest way to resolve the problem might be to completely remove
it, then re-install it. That is when the problem began. Aptitude
hung trying to remove openoffice.org-writer2latex.
[...]
Thanks Florian. Commenting out 2 thru x lines of the script in fact
worked. I was able to do a aptitude update && aptitude full-upgrade.
Next when I went to add openoffice.org back in, the silly thing hangs
right back at the same package:
rattler:~# aptitude install openoffice.org
[...]
Updating fontconfig cache for /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-liberation
Setting up openoffice.org-officebean (1:2.4.1-17+b1) ...
Setting up openoffice.org-writer2latex (0.5-8) ...
Adding extension
/usr/lib/openoffice/share/extension/install/writer2latex.uno.pkg...
I would try this (I cannot guarantee anything, though):
1) Uninstall openoffice again completely, using the same trick for the
problematic pre-removal script.
2) Purge all openoffice packages that still have configuration files on
your system, using this command:
aptitude purge '~nopenoffice~c'
3) Check /usr/lib/openoffice/share/extension/ and its sub-folders. If
there are any files left then you probably have to remove them
manually.
4) Try to install openoffice again and keep your fingers crossed.