Cannot upgrade to Dapper

[Ross Burton]

When upgrading oo.o2 from Breezy:

Preparing to replace openoffice.org2-calc 2.0.1-0ubuntu1 (using
.../openoffice.org2-calc_2.0.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement openoffice.org2-calc ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org2-calc_2.0.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/openoffice2/help/en/scalc.idx/DICTIONARY', which
is also in package openoffice.org2-help-en-us
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Preparing to replace openoffice.org2-common 2.0.1-0ubuntu1 (using
.../openoffice.org2-common_2.0.1-0ubuntu2_all.deb) ...
Leaving `diversion of /usr/share/myspell/dicts/dictionary.lst to
/usr/share/myspell/dicts/dictionary.lst.oo1 by openoffice.org2-common'
Unpacking replacement openoffice.org2-common ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org2-common_2.0.1-0ubuntu2_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/openoffice2/help/en/sbasic.idx/DICTIONARY', which
is also in package openoffice.org2-help-en-us
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Preparing to replace openoffice.org2-draw 2.0.1-0ubuntu1 (using
.../openoffice.org2-draw_2.0.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement openoffice.org2-draw ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org2-draw_2.0.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/openoffice2/help/en/sdraw.idx/DICTIONARY', which
is also in package openoffice.org2-help-en-us
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Preparing to replace openoffice.org2-impress 2.0.1-0ubuntu1 (using
.../openoffice.org2-impress_2.0.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement openoffice.org2-impress ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org2-impress_2.0.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/openoffice2/help/en/simpress.idx/DICTIONARY',
which is also in package openoffice.org2-help-en-us
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Preparing to replace openoffice.org2-writer 2.0.1-0ubuntu1 (using
.../openoffice.org2-writer_2.0.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement openoffice.org2-writer ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org2-writer_2.0.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/openoffice2/help/en/swriter.idx/DICTIONARY',
which is also in package openoffice.org2-help-en-us
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org2-calc_2.0.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org2-common_2.0.1-0ubuntu2_all.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org2-draw_2.0.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org2-impress_2.0.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org2-writer_2.0.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb

[Jouni Mettala (jouni-mettala)]

With these commands you should be able to upgrade
dpkg --configure -a
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade
maybe you need to do some of them more than once

Remember that dapper is in development.

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

upgrade from breezy to dapper (2006-03-12) works for me.