openoffice installation problem

Asked by hathor2012

# apt-get install openoffice*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-de-ch' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'docvert-openoffice.org' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-dmaths' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-impress' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'python-openoffice' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-unbundled' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice-base' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'libopenoffice-oodoc-perl' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice-calc' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'mozilla-openoffice.org' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-ca' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-an' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-ca' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-fi' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-eo' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-de' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-es' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-fo' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-eu' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-gl' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-cs' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-fr' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-nb' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-hu' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-af' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-it' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-nn' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-ca' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-nr' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-ns' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-da' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-ne' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-de' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-cs' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-ga' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-el' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-fi' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-en' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-pl' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-tl' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-es' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-tn' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-ss' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-ve' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-st' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-fr' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-id' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-ro' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-sk' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-hr' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-xh' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-ru' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-hu' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-uz' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-is' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-it' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-lt' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-nl' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-zu' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-pl' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-fr-fr' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-pt' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-sh' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-ro' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-sk' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-sl' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-ru' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-sr' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-ui' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-uk' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-sv' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-writer' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-zu' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice-debian-menus' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice-core01' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice-core02' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-kde' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-bundled' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice-draw' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'libming-fonts-openoffice' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-dev-doc' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-dtd-officedocument1.0' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-base' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice-impress' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'kde-thumbnailer-openoffice' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org2-thesaurus' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-calc' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-common' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-en-us' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-au' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice-math' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hunspell' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice-writer' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-us' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-core' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-updatedicts' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-de-ch' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-de-de' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-de-at' for regex 'openoffice*'
Note, selecting 'dictionaries-common' instead of 'openoffice.org-updatedicts'
Note, selecting 'hunspell-an' instead of 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-an'
Note, selecting 'hunspell-eu-es' instead of 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-eu'
Note, selecting 'hunspell-gl-es' instead of 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-gl'
Note, selecting 'hunspell-uz' instead of 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-uz'
Note, selecting 'hyphen-af' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-af'
Note, selecting 'hyphen-ca' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-ca'
Note, selecting 'hyphen-de' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-de'
Note, selecting 'hyphen-en-us' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us'
Note, selecting 'hyphen-hu' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-hu'
Note, selecting 'hyphen-it' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-it'
Note, selecting 'hyphen-pl' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-pl'
Note, selecting 'hyphen-ro' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-ro'
Note, selecting 'hyphen-sh' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-sh'
Note, selecting 'hyphen-sl' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-sl'
Note, selecting 'hyphen-sr' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-sr'
Note, selecting 'hyphen-zu' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-ui'
Note, selecting 'myspell-ca' instead of 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-ca'
Note, selecting 'myspell-eo' instead of 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-eo'
Note, selecting 'myspell-es' instead of 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-es'
Note, selecting 'myspell-fo' instead of 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-fo'
Note, selecting 'myspell-nb' instead of 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-nb'
Note, selecting 'myspell-nn' instead of 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-nn'
Note, selecting 'myspell-nr' instead of 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-nr'
Note, selecting 'myspell-ns' instead of 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-ns'
Note, selecting 'myspell-ss' instead of 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-ss'
Note, selecting 'myspell-st' instead of 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-st'
Note, selecting 'myspell-tn' instead of 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-tn'
Note, selecting 'myspell-ve' instead of 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-ve'
Note, selecting 'myspell-xh' instead of 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-xh'
Note, selecting 'myspell-zu' instead of 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-zu'
Note, selecting 'mythes-ca' instead of 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-ca'
Note, selecting 'mythes-cs' instead of 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-cs'
Note, selecting 'mythes-de' instead of 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-de'
Note, selecting 'mythes-de-ch' instead of 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-de-ch'
Note, selecting 'mythes-en-au' instead of 'openoffice.org2-thesaurus'
Note, selecting 'mythes-en-us' instead of 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-us'
Note, selecting 'mythes-fr' instead of 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-fr'
Note, selecting 'mythes-hu' instead of 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-hu'
Note, selecting 'mythes-ne' instead of 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-ne'
Note, selecting 'mythes-pl' instead of 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-pl'
Note, selecting 'mythes-ro' instead of 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-ro'
Note, selecting 'mythes-ru' instead of 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-ru'
Note, selecting 'mythes-sk' instead of 'openoffice.org-thesaurus-sk'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-cs'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-da'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-el'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-es'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-fi'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-ga'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-id'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-is'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-nl'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-pt'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-ru'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-sk'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-sv'
Note, selecting 'openoffice.org-hyphenation' instead of 'openoffice.org-hyphenation-uk'
Note, selecting 'ming-fonts-opensymbol' instead of 'libming-fonts-openoffice'
Note, selecting 'myspell-fi' instead of 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-fi'
Note, selecting 'myspell-fr-gut' instead of 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-fr-fr'
Note, selecting 'myspell-tl' instead of 'openoffice.org-spellcheck-tl'
dictionaries-common is already the newest version.
hunspell-an is already the newest version.
hunspell-eu-es is already the newest version.
hunspell-gl-es is already the newest version.
hunspell-uz is already the newest version.
hyphen-af is already the newest version.
hyphen-ca is already the newest version.
hyphen-de is already the newest version.
hyphen-en-us is already the newest version.
hyphen-hu is already the newest version.
hyphen-it is already the newest version.
hyphen-pl is already the newest version.
hyphen-ro is already the newest version.
hyphen-sh is already the newest version.
hyphen-sl is already the newest version.
hyphen-sr is already the newest version.
hyphen-zu is already the newest version.
myspell-ca is already the newest version.
myspell-eo is already the newest version.
myspell-es is already the newest version.
myspell-fo is already the newest version.
myspell-nb is already the newest version.
myspell-nn is already the newest version.
myspell-nr is already the newest version.
myspell-ns is already the newest version.
myspell-ss is already the newest version.
myspell-st is already the newest version.
myspell-tn is already the newest version.
myspell-ve is already the newest version.
myspell-xh is already the newest version.
myspell-zu is already the newest version.
mythes-ca is already the newest version.
mythes-cs is already the newest version.
mythes-de is already the newest version.
mythes-de-ch is already the newest version.
mythes-en-au is already the newest version.
mythes-en-us is already the newest version.
mythes-fr is already the newest version.
mythes-hu is already the newest version.
mythes-ne is already the newest version.
mythes-pl is already the newest version.
mythes-ro is already the newest version.
mythes-ru is already the newest version.
mythes-sk is already the newest version.
ming-fonts-opensymbol is already the newest version.
myspell-fi is already the newest version.
myspell-fr-gut is already the newest version.
myspell-tl is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  blcr-util gir1.2-unique-3.0 libcr0 libf2j-java libibverbs-dev libibverbs1
  libopenmpi-dev libopenmpi1.3 libpvm3 libreadline-dev libreadline6-dev
  libruby1.8 libtinfo-dev libtorque2 libunique-3.0-0 mpi-default-bin
  mpi-default-dev openmpi-bin openmpi-checkpoint openmpi-common pvm pvm-dev
  ruby-narray ruby1.8
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  kde-thumbnailer-openoffice libopenoffice-oodoc-perl
  openoffice.org-dtd-officedocument1.0 openoffice.org-hyphenation
  openoffice.org-hyphenation-hr openoffice.org-hyphenation-lt
  openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-au python-openoffice
0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/903 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,876 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Selecting previously unselected package kde-thumbnailer-openoffice.
(Reading database ... 180217 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking kde-thumbnailer-openoffice (from .../kde-thumbnailer-openoffice_1.0.0-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libopenoffice-oodoc-perl.
Unpacking libopenoffice-oodoc-perl (from .../libopenoffice-oodoc-perl_2.125-2_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package openoffice.org-hyphenation.
Unpacking openoffice.org-hyphenation (from .../openoffice.org-hyphenation_0.6_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package openoffice.org-hyphenation-hr.
Unpacking openoffice.org-hyphenation-hr (from .../openoffice.org-hyphenation-hr_20060617-2.3ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package openoffice.org-hyphenation-lt.
Unpacking openoffice.org-hyphenation-lt (from .../openoffice.org-hyphenation-lt_1.2.1-3.1ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-au.
Unpacking openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-au (from .../openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-au_2.1-5.3ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package python-openoffice.
Unpacking python-openoffice (from .../python-openoffice_1%3a0.1+20110209-3_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package openoffice.org-dtd-officedocument1.0.
Unpacking openoffice.org-dtd-officedocument1.0 (from .../openoffice.org-dtd-officedocument1.0_2%3a1.0+LibO4.0.4-0ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up myspell-st (20070206-4) ...
Error: update-openoffice-dicts not present or executable. Missing dependency on dictionaries-common?
dpkg: error processing myspell-st (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up kde-thumbnailer-openoffice (1.0.0-0ubuntu5) ...
Setting up libopenoffice-oodoc-perl (2.125-2) ...
Setting up openoffice.org-hyphenation (0.6) ...
Setting up openoffice.org-hyphenation-hr (20060617-2.3ubuntu1) ...
Setting up openoffice.org-hyphenation-lt (1.2.1-3.1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-au (2.1-5.3ubuntu1) ...
Setting up python-openoffice (1:0.1+20110209-3) ...
Setting up openoffice.org-dtd-officedocument1.0 (2:1.0+LibO4.0.4-0ubuntu1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 myspell-st
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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I wanna install openoffice in Ubuntu 13.04
but get the error message above
Has anyone known how to solve the problem? Thanks much!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

What is the output of :

lsb_release -a; uname -a; apt-cache policy openoffice

Thanks

Also, why not use Libreoffice? It's development is much more rapid

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hathor2012 (hathor2012) said :
#2

Setting up libreoffice-kde (1:4.0.4-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up qapt-batch (2.0.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up kubuntu-debug-installer (13.04ubuntu3) ...
Setting up libkactivities-models1 (4:4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Processing triggers for libreoffice-common ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 myspell-st
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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As I am installing Libreoffice, I also get the similar problems.

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hathor2012 (hathor2012) said :
#3

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 13.04
Release: 13.04
Codename: raring

$uname -a
Linux computer 3.8.0-32-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 1 22:35:23 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ apt-cache policy libreoffice
libreoffice:
  Installed: 1:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:4.0.4-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://debian.ustc.edu.cn/ubuntu/ raring-proposed/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://ubuntu.uestc.edu.cn/ubuntu/ raring-proposed/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:4.0.2-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://debian.ustc.edu.cn/ubuntu/ raring/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://ubuntu.uestc.edu.cn/ubuntu/ raring/universe amd64 Packages

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hathor2012 (hathor2012) said :
#4

Finally figure it out.

One has to remove
"Southern Sotho" package from Ubuntu Software Center.
myspell-st

Not sure what's going on. Anyone has an explanation?

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#5

Seems to be a bug in myspell-st package, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dict-st most of them with

Error: update-openoffice-dicts not present or executable. Missing dependency on dictionaries-common?
dpkg: error processing myspell-st (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Apparently the postinst script tries executing /usr/sbin/update-openoffice-dicts which was part of dictionaries-common in former times (up to lucid or so), but is not there any more in current versions.