Re: Install Aspell without Removing Openoffice

[Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es>]

On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 13:49:22 -0700, Jason C. Wells wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> >On 2009-08-29 14:39, Jason C. Wells wrote:
> >>When I attempt to install aspell synaptic reports that
> >>openoffice will be removed.  How do I install aspell without
> >>removing openoffice?
> >
> >What branch?
> >
> Lenny.

[...]

> I took a look at the dependencies list of dictionaries-common which
> is a dependency of aspell.  dictionaries-common replaces
> openoffice.org-updatedicts.  I am suspicious that this conflict is
> causing the trouble but I don't see an openoffice.org-updatedicts
> package in synaptic.

That is because openoffice.org-updatedicts is a virtual package (which
is provided by dictionaries-common):
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-virtual

Do yourself a favor and install a proper package manager, i.e. aptitude,
if it is not present on your system already. Then you can ask it
directly what the problem is, like this:

aptitude why-not aspell

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