[nflug] adept issue

[Cyber Source]

you can start with "apt-get -f install", if you have any problems, that 
will expose them.

Joe wrote:
> I've done a little CLI apt stuff, no problem.  I just don't have a clue
> what to fix.
>
> Joe
>
> Cyber Source wrote:
>   
>> First I would recommend getting down to cli and fix your
>> apt-get/repos/packages issues. As far as what things want to get
>> updated when there installed, that's gonna be a little tricky as
>> packages are all linked with dependencies and those dependencies may
>> require the other installed packages to be updated. Restrictions based
>> on security and other ways of restriction are much easier.
>>
>> Joe wrote:
>>     
>>> I am running kubuntu gutsy.  I uninstalled the version of Open Office (a
>>> bunch of packages) that came with gutsy.
>>> I downloaded the latest version from Open Office and ran the rpm's
>>> through alien -c so I got all the install scripts as well.  I then
>>> installed all the debs using dpkg and everything worked fine after a few
>>> issues of making sure all the old stuff was gone.
>>>
>>> Immediately, the adept notifier popped up in my panel.  I says updates
>>> are available and upon checking them, I found that it thinks going
>>> backwards from version 2.3.1 to 2.3.0 is an upgrade.
>>>
>>> I went into aptitude and set all the OOo packages on hold so they
>>> wouldn't get upgraded by accident.  I thought that might make the
>>> problem go away, but it didn't seem to change anything.
>>>
>>> I like using the notifier to keep up to date, but now it shows up always
>>> and if I want to use it, I have to manually cancel all the OOo related
>>> changes every time.
>>>
>>> Previously, I tried installing OOo manually under /opt without using
>>> dpkg, etc.  It installed, but it wasn't pretty.  OOo writer (the
>>> application I use the most) wouldn't install and the only way I could
>>> launch OOo was by clicking on a file in konqueror and then I got some
>>> sort of read-only viewers.  My shortcuts to run OOo failed weirdly.  So
>>> my install was very flawed somehow - presumably in the system
>>> integration department.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions on how to correct this problem would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> I like to keep OOo, Firefox, and Thunderbird at the latest greatest
>>> stable releases and not wait for them to be ported.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> Joe
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