After loading update-manager from command line, downloaded all suggested updates. Following this system improved and programs would run from the desktop. The error message in open office base, that jre was not available or incorrectly installed, was cured by deleting the java configuration file in the open office configuration directory /home/yourhomedirectoryname/.ooo-2.0/user/config/javasettings_Linux_x86.xml Simply replace the term 'yourhomedirectoryname' with the name you have given to your home directory. The cure for the java/open office base problem was kindly provided by Billy DeVincentis in the open office community forum, linux section.
-- package update-manager 1:0.87.26 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/227780 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs