There was an installed copy of libebook-1.2-13 that caused the problem; thanks for pinpointing that one.
Once it was removed and replaced with: ii libebook-1.2-14 3.8.5-2 i386 the problem went away: => apt-get --simulate install libreoffice Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: ...The following packages will be upgraded: gnome gnome-core libreoffice libreoffice-base libreoffice-base-core libreoffice-calc libreoffice-core libreoffice-draw libreoffice-gnome libreoffice-gtk libreoffice-impress libreoffice-math libreoffice-writer python-uno 14 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2580 not upgraded. <<<<<<<<<< thanks P.S. I'm well aware wheezy is stable and jessie is testing. By tracking testing instead of a specific release, I'll remain on testing even after those releases eventually transition to stable, without need to change sources.list ________________________________ From: Rene Engelhard <r...@debian.org> To: JS <jsh...@yahoo.com>; 725...@bugs.debian.org Sent: Sunday, October 6, 2013 10:12 AM Subject: Re: Bug#725219: closed by Rene Engelhard <r...@debian.org> (Re: Bug#725219: libreoffice: apt-get install libreoffice: wants to remove gnome) Hi, On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 06:20:17AM -0700, JS wrote: > Your explanation below is based on incorrect assumptions and I enclose No, it's not. I read your report > showing the removal of gnome and gnome-core to show that the problem with > libreoffice remains even after every > libreoffice related package is at version 1:4.1.1-1/ > 1. My system tracks testing, not wheezy or jessie, so that as those jessie IS testing. (until it's released) And you have mix setiup because of this in your initial report: -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) testing doesn't say "7.0", it says "jessie/sid": $ cat jessie/etc/debian_version jessie/sid > 2. I depended on apt-get install libreoffice to update all the libreoffice > packages. Yes, that is wrong. Use dist-upgrade. libreoffice is a dummy package and just says what it striclyneeds, it doesn't enforce versions unless really needed. > It missed these, which remained at 1.4.0-3: > libreoffice-emailmerge libreoffice-help-en-us libreoffice-ogltrans > libreoffice-pdfimport libreoffice-report-builder-bin > so I updated them individually just now and you can see only 1.4.1.1 > libreoffice are present: Wrong. The list in your original report says: ii uno-libs3 4.1.0-5 ii ure 4.1.0-5 Not 4.1.1-1. > evolution evolution-data-server evolution-exchange evolution-plugins gnome > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > gnome-contacts gnome-core libfolks-eds25 task-gnome-desktop > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< That sounds like remains of the evolutionm-data-server transition. The new LO of course needs the new libebook-1.2-14 which needs a newer evoluton-data-server installed - as the new evolution-data-server conflicts against the old (libebook-1.2-13). If you did a simply dist-upgrade (or upgrade all affected packages manually) it will just work. If you manually install packages you easily get into this situation. All dependencies are correct and if you had a clean testing both libreoffice and gnome are perfectly co-installable. Regards, Rene -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
