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 can find are many years out of date and I suspect that may be the 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....
