On Sat, Jun 21, 2025 at 08:46:49PM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > Geert Stappers wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 21, 2025 at 05:58:30PM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > > > Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > 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? > > > > > > Beacause that's what several of the places (admittedly old) that tell > > > you what you need to do say that these packages are needed. > > > > `apt show libreoffice` says unixodbc > > is the package for ODBC database support. > > > Yes, and it's installed. > > > For what it is worth: sqlite3 and ODBC are not the same. > > > Yes, I know that. ODBC is a (sort of) interface specification and > sqlite3 is a database 'engine' that works using a file rather than a > server. > .... > > > > > Package unixodbc-bin is not available, but is referred to by > > > > > another > > > > > package. .... > > > > > > > > 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? > > > > > > > No, it doesn't work if I just carry on without unixodbc-bin. > > > > Please elaborate. For https://xyproblem.info reasons. > > > libreoffice simply doesn't open sqlite3 databases. It tells me the > database is corrupt and that's all.
Yes, that is all in this thread for me. And I think it would be good thing for the mailinglistarchive and the larger community around this mailinglist if the > libreoffice simply doesn't open sqlite3 databases. It tells me the > database is corrupt and that's all. gets raised in a fresh thread. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse
