To update the rest of my system I uninstalled: language-support-writing-en
temporarily and it worked OK. On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:20:40 -0000, "Mahesh RS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I have been running 8.04 (pre-release) for some time now. Things were > working smoothly till now (Feb 16, 2008). Now, an auto-update caused > this problem and now I am unable to upgrade/install any packages. I keep > getting a message that there is a broken package that needs to be fixed. > On my system: > > * broken package = language-support-writing-en (installed version = > 8.04+20080214; latest version = 8.04+20080214) > > * package that WON'T install = openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us > (installed version = none; latest version = 2.3-5) > > It seems that the "broken package" (language-support-writing-en) depends > on an as yet "uninstalled package" (as per properties). > > On trying to apply changes (install openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us) I > get the following error: "E: /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org- > hyphenation-en-us_2.3-5_all.deb: trying to overwrite > `/usr/share/myspell/dicts/hyph_en_US.dic', which is also in package > openoffice.org-hyphenation" > > Please note that all of my package management (upgrades and new > installs) are ON HOLD! I cannot play with synaptic and/or any other > package management app in Ubuntu any more. So, I would request urgent > help on this. > > -- > package openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us None [modified: > /var/lib/dpkg/info/openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us.list] failed to > install/upgrade: tentando sobrescrever > `/usr/share/myspell/dicts/hyph_en_US.dic', que tamb?m est? no pacote > openoffice.org-hyphenation > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179109 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Source Package "hyphen" in Ubuntu: Confirmed > > Bug description: > I was trying to install Openoffice.org that is not working on my system > don't know why ? > Openoffice.org depends on openoffice.org-base but it won't be installed: > broken packages. > > ProblemType: Package > Architecture: amd64 > Date: Fri Dec 28 16:33:19 2007 > Dependencies: > > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 > ErrorMessage: tentando sobrescrever > `/usr/share/myspell/dicts/hyph_en_US.dic', que também está no pacote > openoffice.org-hyphenation > Package: openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us None [modified: > /var/lib/dpkg/info/openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us.list] > PackageArchitecture: all > SourcePackage: hyphen > Title: package openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us None [modified: > /var/lib/dpkg/info/openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us.list] failed to > install/upgrade: tentando sobrescrever > `/usr/share/myspell/dicts/hyph_en_US.dic', que também está no pacote > openoffice.org-hyphenation > Uname: Linux macbook 2.6.24-2-generic #1 SMP Thu Dec 20 17:58:55 GMT 2007 > x86_64 GNU/Linux -- Randy LeJeune [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service -- package openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us.list] failed to install/upgrade: tentando sobrescrever `/usr/share/myspell/dicts/hyph_en_US.dic', que tamb?m est? no pacote openoffice.org-hyphenation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179109 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
