Comment 15 for bug 179109

To update the rest of my system I uninstalled:

language-support-writing-en

temporarily and it worked OK.

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:20:40 -0000, "Mahesh RS" <email address hidden>
said:
> I have been running 8.04 (pre-release) for some time now. Things were
> working smoothly till now (Feb 16, 2008). Now, an auto-update caused
> this problem and now I am unable to upgrade/install any packages. I keep
> getting a message that there is a broken package that needs to be fixed.
> On my system:
>
> * broken package = language-support-writing-en (installed version =
> 8.04+20080214; latest version = 8.04+20080214)
>
> * package that WON'T install = openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us
> (installed version = none; latest version = 2.3-5)
>
> It seems that the "broken package" (language-support-writing-en) depends
> on an as yet "uninstalled package" (as per properties).
>
> On trying to apply changes (install openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us) I
> get the following error: "E: /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-
> hyphenation-en-us_2.3-5_all.deb: trying to overwrite
> `/usr/share/myspell/dicts/hyph_en_US.dic', which is also in package
> openoffice.org-hyphenation"
>
> Please note that all of my package management (upgrades and new
> installs) are ON HOLD! I cannot play with synaptic and/or any other
> package management app in Ubuntu any more. So, I would request urgent
> help on this.
>
> --
> package openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us None [modified:
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us.list] failed to
> install/upgrade: tentando sobrescrever
> `/usr/share/myspell/dicts/hyph_en_US.dic', que tamb?m est? no pacote
> openoffice.org-hyphenation
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179109
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>
> Status in Source Package "hyphen" in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I was trying to install Openoffice.org that is not working on my system
> don't know why ?
> Openoffice.org depends on openoffice.org-base but it won't be installed:
> broken packages.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Fri Dec 28 16:33:19 2007
> Dependencies:
>
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
> ErrorMessage: tentando sobrescrever
> `/usr/share/myspell/dicts/hyph_en_US.dic', que também está no pacote
> openoffice.org-hyphenation
> Package: openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us None [modified:
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us.list]
> PackageArchitecture: all
> SourcePackage: hyphen
> Title: package openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us None [modified:
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us.list] failed to
> install/upgrade: tentando sobrescrever
> `/usr/share/myspell/dicts/hyph_en_US.dic', que também está no pacote
> openoffice.org-hyphenation
> Uname: Linux macbook 2.6.24-2-generic #1 SMP Thu Dec 20 17:58:55 GMT 2007
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
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  Randy LeJeune
  <email address hidden>

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