clash with Kompozer?

which version of ubuntu are you running?

I am using natty. classic theme. LibreOffice installed with fresh natty installation. LO web wizard won't work despite various attempts including reinstall. It wanted java-common which i found in Synaptic libreoffice set, I allowed depencies as requested, still no web wizard. So I found KompoZer in Ubuntu software but it requests removal of LibreOffice.

In a terminal type:

sudo apt-get remove libreoffice
sudo apt-get install libreoffice
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get kompozer

I did this and it has installed both libreoffice and kompozer with no problems in natty

Hope this helps.

thanks but unfortunately this does not work for me, i keep getting errors -
after the removal part works OK, on getting libreoffice it says '0% headers' and stalls for many minutes and does not release. After restart i also get 'Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open ' and this is after a few attempts and restarts.
And also the 0% headers comes from trying to install libreoffice whether using ubuntu main or ubuntu australia or a mirror as sources.

Then to cap it all if i try to install kompozer i get
sudo apt-get kompozer
E: Invalid operation kompozer

something I have done wrong? I am new to this

Hi Japemorg,

The first part of your reply, where it says 'Could not get lock...' that occurs because the software repository is open. I suspect you may have to reboot to unlock it. Basically, you can't have 2 installs going at the same time.

The second part, I believe the terminal code is:

sudo apt-get install kompozer

you missed the 'install' part.

Hope this helps
Paul

Thank you Paul. I just, being lazy and concerned about typing errors, copied the terminal command from the post above (no install). I appreciate your efforts.

the sfotware lock may well be the reason, it wouldn't let go even after a reset and I find this a lot with 'main repository'. Possibly lag in timing or congestion. I also found the mirror source had been updated the next day and the files were now available where previously they were not all present on the mirror. Possibly the reason for the 'waiting for headers' hangups as well. In the end I uninstalled all the files for Libreoffice again from Synaptic which showed files that the uninstall from 'Ubuntu Software Update' had not removed. And then I used the terminal method you suggested and it found and removed even more files so something going on there with LO extensions. That also cleared up the 'java runtime' errors from the earlier reinstalls. Some kind of mismatch in the repositories and different methods of removal is only a guess on my part but seems possible. I had deleted (using USU) some of the LO programmes such as maths i do not need and I surmise the 'dependencies' were not matched correctly after that despite that I always allow the additional files suggested of course.

Anyway, then I re-installed the whole suite from UBU local server, and Kompozer. Got no error messages and as far as I can tell, they both now work. So although I consider there was a bug somewhere as I followed correct procedures each time over a number of day,s it is now fixed. Thank you for your help.

You're welcome...glad to help.