package openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us.list] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/myspell/dicts/hyph_en_US.dic', which is also in package openoffice.org-hyphenation

Bug #197115 reported by Farmakos
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hyphen (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

while updating software,today.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Feb 29 23:56:37 2008
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/myspell/dicts/hyph_en_US.dic', which is also in package 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: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/myspell/dicts/hyph_en_US.dic', which is also in package openoffice.org-hyphenation
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-10-generic i686

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Farmakos (alexstamb) wrote :
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SilentSnow (yangzetao-sina) wrote :

Same here.

Don't know how to fix it.

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aztec (brzapata) wrote : Re: [Bug 197115] Re: package openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us.list] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/myspell/dicts/hyph_en_US.dic', which is also in package openoffice.org-hyphenation

Remove it and reinstall it!
--- SilentSnow <email address hidden> wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 192310 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192310
>
> Same here.
>
> Don't know how to fix it.
>
> --
> package openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us None
> [modified:
>
/var/lib/dpkg/info/openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us.list]
> failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite
> `/usr/share/myspell/dicts/hyph_en_US.dic', which is
> also in package openoffice.org-hyphenation
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197115
> You received this bug notification because you are a
> direct subscriber
> of the bug (via bug 192310).
>

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Florie (florian-dester-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

that worked for me:

 sudo dpkg --force-all -i /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us_2.3.1-1_all.deb

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Herb (herb2687) wrote : Re: [Bug 197115] Re: package openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us.list] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/myspell/dicts/hyph_en_US.dic', which is also in package

Thanks to everyone for the help, antons solution helped.

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Florie <email address hidden> wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 192310 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192310
>
> that worked for me:
>
> sudo dpkg --force-all -i /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-
> hyphenation-en-us_2.3.1-1_all.deb
>
> --
> package openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us.list] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/myspell/dicts/hyph_en_US.dic', which is also in package openoffice.org-hyphenation
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197115
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug (via bug 192310).
>

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