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 -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
