Re: unixodbc-bin is not available - what to do?
On Sat, Jun 21, 2025 at 15:37:38 +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> I'm trying to install the libraries and drivers required to use a
> sqlite3 database with libreoffice writer. However when I try to
> install the required packages I get an error:-
>
> root@t470# apt install unixodbc-dev unixodbc-bin unixodbc
Why did you type that command?
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Reading state information... Done
> Package unixodbc-bin is not available, but is referred to by another
> package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
>
> E: Package 'unixodbc-bin' has no installation candidate
> root@t470#
>
> So what do I need to do to get this working? Ignoring the error and
> continuing fails.
>
> What I suspect I need is an up to date guide on how to get sqlite3
> working with libreoffice base but I can't find one. All the guides I
> can find are many years out of date and I suspect that may be the
> reason I'm getting the above error.
Oh, you're blindly following some ancient third-party "guide". Well,
maybe the packages were merged or something. Does it work if you
simply omit the -bin package?
Does your guide tell you *why* each of these packages was needed?
Probably not....
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