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neosisani

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Registered: 2008-06-14

Posts: 10

[Solved] libreoffice strange package magic

I'm seeing some strange packages for libreoffice i don't want, but can't remove.

I have on my computer libreoffice-af. When I try to remove it i get following error:

[root@supaplex vlaja]# pacman -R libreoffice-af
checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: libreoffice-common: requires libreoffice-langpack

Also when i try to look up libreoffice-langpack, there is no such package.

[root@supaplex vlaja]# find /var/abs/ | grep langpack
[root@supaplex vlaja]#

However when I try to install it i get this.

[root@supaplex vlaja]# pacman -S libreoffice-langpack
warning: libreoffice-af-3.5.5-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (1): libreoffice-af-3.5.5-1

Total Installed Size:   3.91 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       0.00 MiB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] n

What is the catch with Afrikan language getting pulled with libreoffice?

Last edited by neosisani (2012-07-14 11:44:31)

ethail

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Registered: 2011-02-10

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Re: [Solved] libreoffice strange package magic

all libreoffice language packs (libreoffice-af, libreoffice-en-US etc...) provide libreoffice-langpack. That's used to make sure you have at least one language pack for libreoffice-common to use it.

In your system, it appears to be that libreoffice-langpack is provided by libreoffice-af, so if you want to remove it, installa another libreoffice language pack

Last edited by ethail (2012-07-13 17:53:50)

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neosisani

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Registered: 2008-06-14

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Re: [Solved] libreoffice strange package magic

Ok, that makes sense. Thanks.

karol

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Re: [Solved] libreoffice strange package magic

What is the catch with Afrikan language getting pulled with libreoffice?

Please read the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Li … stallation

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