ubuntu-desktop removed, cannot reinstall due to unmet openoffice.org-core dependency

[Peter Whittaker]

On Sunday March 5th, a regular Dapper update removed ubuntu-desktop; since then I have been unable to reinstall due to an unmet dependency in openoffice.org-core.

Two logs follow: Current output from apt-get install ubuntu-desktop and the Synaptic commit log from Sunday March 5th. More text follows beneath the March 5th commit log.

One: Conflict error
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$ apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies.
  openoffice.org-l10n-en-gb: Conflicts: openoffice.org-core (< 2.0.2) but 2.0.1oob680m5-0ubuntu2 is to be installed
  openoffice.org-l10n-en-za: Conflicts: openoffice.org-core (< 2.0.2) but 2.0.1oob680m5-0ubuntu2 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

Two: Synaptic commit log
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Commit Log for Sun Mar 5 09:49:47 2006

Removed the following packages:
openoffice.org2
openoffice.org2-base
openoffice.org2-calc
openoffice.org2-common
openoffice.org2-core
openoffice.org2-draw
openoffice.org2-evolution
openoffice.org2-gnome
openoffice.org2-impress
openoffice.org2-java-common
openoffice.org2-math
openoffice.org2-writer
python-uno
ubuntu-desktop

Upgraded the following packages:
console-data (2002.12.04dbs-52.1ubuntu4) to 2002.12.04dbs-52.1ubuntu5
cpp-4.0 (4.0.2-9ubuntu1) to 4.0.2-10ubuntu1
dmidecode (2.7-2) to 2.7-3
fastjar (1:4.0.2-9ubuntu1) to 1:4.0.2-10ubuntu1
g++-4.0 (4.0.2-9ubuntu1) to 4.0.2-10ubuntu1
gcc-4.0 (4.0.2-9ubuntu1) to 4.0.2-10ubuntu1
gcc-4.0-base (4.0.2-9ubuntu1) to 4.0.2-10ubuntu1
gnome-session (2.13.91-0ubuntu2) to 2.13.92-0ubuntu1
gnome-utils (2.13.93-0ubuntu2) to 2.13.95-0ubuntu1
gnome-volume-manager (1.5.14-0ubuntu1) to 1.5.14-0ubuntu2
libbtctl2 (0.6.0-0ubuntu1) to 0.6.0-0ubuntu3
libgcc1 (1:4.0.2-9ubuntu1) to 1:4.0.2-10ubuntu1
libmudflap0 (4.0.2-9ubuntu1) to 4.0.2-10ubuntu1
libmudflap0-dev (4.0.2-9ubuntu1) to 4.0.2-10ubuntu1
libstdc++6 (4.0.2-9ubuntu1) to 4.0.2-10ubuntu1
libstdc++6-4.0-dev (4.0.2-9ubuntu1) to 4.0.2-10ubuntu1
python-clientcookie (1.0.3-1ubuntu1) to 1.1.1-1ubuntu2
python2.4 (2.4.2-1ubuntu2) to 2.4.2-1ubuntu3
python2.4-clientcookie (1.0.3-1ubuntu1) to 1.1.1-1ubuntu2
python2.4-examples (2.4.2-1ubuntu2) to 2.4.2-1ubuntu3
python2.4-gdbm (2.4.2-1ubuntu2) to 2.4.2-1ubuntu3
python2.4-minimal (2.4.2-1ubuntu2) to 2.4.2-1ubuntu3
python2.4-tk (2.4.2-1ubuntu2) to 2.4.2-1ubuntu3
ubuntu-minimal (0.100) to 0.101
ubuntu-standard (0.100) to 0.101
xscreensaver (4.23-4ubuntu5) to 4.23-4ubuntu6
xscreensaver-data (4.23-4ubuntu5) to 4.23-4ubuntu6
xscreensaver-gl (4.23-4ubuntu5) to 4.23-4ubuntu6
xserver-xorg-core (1:1.0.1-0ubuntu6) to 1:1.0.1-0ubuntu7

Installed the following packages:
openoffice.org-help-en-us (2.0.1oob680m5-0ubuntu2)
openoffice.org-java-common (2.0.1oob680m5-0ubuntu2)
openoffice.org-l10n-en-gb (2.0.1oob680m5-0ubuntu2)
openoffice.org-l10n-en-za (2.0.1oob680m5-0ubuntu2)
ttf-arphic-ukai (0.1.20060108-0.dot.1ubuntu1)
ttf-arphic-uming (0.1.20060108-0.dot.1ubuntu3)

More text
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The i10n packages were then upgraded on March 11th.

In an attempt to fix this, I also removed openoffice.org-debian-files on March 11th.

I'm tempted to remove the i10n packages and reinstall ubuntu-desktop, but I'd like to know that I would be doing the right thing....

[Peter Whittaker (pwwnow)]

This conflict prevents the installation of ubuntu-desktop; removing the conflicting i10n packages is at best a short-term workaround.

[Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis)]

It's just waiting for a new build of oo.o

[Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis)]

Aarrgghh launchpad brokenness hate! I can't assign it to the correct package.