3.6.1 dictionary installs (.deb) fail & bork dpkg/apt-get

NoOp · August 30, 2012, 8:19pm

Yesterday in the 'Update to 3.6.1' thread I installed 3.6.1 (debian
files) on 32bit and 64bit systems. Both experienced installations errors:

<http://pastebin.com/3aKwSYP1>
Errors were encountered while processing:
libreoffice3.6-dict-en_3.6.1.2-2_amd64.deb
libreoffice3.6-dict-es_3.6.1.2-2_amd64.deb
libreoffice3.6-dict-fr_3.6.1.2-2_amd64.deb
(and on 32bit deb as well).

To make things worse, when attempting to update an Opera browser today I
found out that the above were completely broken & couldn't be purged in
any normal fashion. Went searching and came across this bug reports:

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54202 - open
[Error while installing Dutch Linux Deb (x64) main installer with
command dpkg -i *]
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41290 - closed as dupe of 41237
[dictionaries do not install in daily builds as of 28/9/2011]
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41237 - closed
[Installation of dictionaries failed with
""/singletons/com.sun.star.deployment.ExtensionManager": loading
component library failed""]

I was finally able to clean my systems (see:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54202#c3 ), but still have
not been able to install the dictionaries. I may have found the problem:
<https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54202#c5>

$ debdiff libreoffice3.6-dict-en_3.6.0.4-104_i386.deb
libreoffice3.6-dict-en_3.6.1.2-2_i386.deb
[The following lists of changes regard files as different if they have
different names, permissions or owners.]

Files in first .deb but not in second

krackedpress · August 31, 2012, 2:10pm

For now, can the Dictionary Extension that are listed on the Extension pages, or the NA-DVD dictionary pages, install correctly? If so, you will still have the chosen dictionaries till the fix is made.

http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center

http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/dictionary.html

I do not use 3.6.x [yet] so I do not know if my Ubuntu 10.04 and 12.04 systems would have the same problems. I will keep using 3.5.6 or .7 till the 3.6.3 or .4 version comes out. I to have both 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu systems, with some 32-bit Windows [XP and Vista] systems.

I know that there have been some issues in the past about the default installed English dictionaries that has a "hit and miss" issue, so this is just another issue that has to be fixed.

NoOp · September 1, 2012, 1:10am

Yesterday in the 'Update to 3.6.1' thread I installed 3.6.1 (debian
files) on 32bit and 64bit systems. Both experienced installations errors:

...

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54202 - open
[Error while installing Dutch Linux Deb (x64) main installer with
command dpkg -i *]
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41290 - closed as dupe of 41237
[dictionaries do not install in daily builds as of 28/9/2011]
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41237 - closed
[Installation of dictionaries failed with
""/singletons/com.sun.star.deployment.ExtensionManager": loading
component library failed""]

...

Has anyone else experience the same issue with the .deb install?

No other linux .deb user has experienced the same? The bug reports
indicate others have (with other language dictionaries as well), so I
find it odd that nobody else on this list has.

Tom_Davies · September 1, 2012, 11:49am

Hi
I generally stick with whatever is in the repos. Most distros have LO in their repos and many have it as their default office suite when you first install their distro.

So, it's not completely surprising that maybe not many people have installed the deb and of course even less would run into problems. I would have expected more response even so tho!
Regards from
Tom

Terry_Warby · September 2, 2012, 10:51am

I have had this or a similar problem but with the 32 bit version of LibO rather than the 64 bit.

I am running Xubuntu 12.04 and had LibO 3.6.0 installed. I installed 3.6.1.2 using "sudo dpkg -i *.deb". Everything seemed ok. Then when Xubuntu reported some (system) updates I installed them and noticed an error message with respect to the LibO dictionaries, but these were the 3.5.4 versions! Following this the dictionaries in LibO ceased to work.

To resolve the problem I removed all instances of LibO using synaptic (it took me 3 attempts) and re-installed 3.6.1.2. So far things seem to be ok.

Terry W

NoOp · September 3, 2012, 10:17pm

Yesterday in the 'Update to 3.6.1' thread I installed 3.6.1 (debian
files) on 32bit and 64bit systems. Both experienced installations errors:

...

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54202 - open
[Error while installing Dutch Linux Deb (x64) main installer with
command dpkg -i *]
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41290 - closed as dupe of 41237
[dictionaries do not install in daily builds as of 28/9/2011]
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41237 - closed
[Installation of dictionaries failed with
""/singletons/com.sun.star.deployment.ExtensionManager": loading
component library failed""]

...

Has anyone else experience the same issue with the .deb install?

No other linux .deb user has experienced the same? The bug reports
indicate others have (with other language dictionaries as well), so I
find it odd that nobody else on this list has.

I have had this or a similar problem but with the 32 bit version of LibO
rather than the 64 bit.

I experience it on LO 3.5.6rc2 and 3.6.1.2 - 32bit and 64bit.
LibreOffice 3.5.6.2
Build ID: e0fbe70-5879838-a0745b0-0cd1158-638b327
LibreOffice 3.6.1.2
Version 3.6.1.2 (Build ID: e29a214)

I am running Xubuntu 12.04 and had LibO 3.6.0 installed. I installed
3.6.1.2 using "sudo dpkg -i *.deb". Everything seemed ok. Then when
Xubuntu reported some (system) updates I installed them and noticed an
error message with respect to the LibO dictionaries, but these were the
3.5.4 versions! Following this the dictionaries in LibO ceased to work.

To resolve the problem I removed all instances of LibO using synaptic
(it took me 3 attempts) and re-installed 3.6.1.2. So far things seem to
be ok.

Interesting. Thank Terry. I have LO 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 installed. None of
those should interfere with the other as they are all installed in /opt
and use their own profiles (/home/<user>/.config/libreoffice3.4,
/home/<user>/.config/libreoffice3.5, and
/home/<user>/.config/libreoffice3.6). The Ubuntu 3.5 uses
/home/<user>/.config/libreoffice.

I had no issues with those installed when the versions were 3.4.x,
3.5.5rc3, and 3.6.0.4. I'm reinstalling those versions again (minus
3.4.x) to test again.

NoOp · September 3, 2012, 10:26pm

...
Thanks, but I'd rather fix the existing problem(s) so that others don't
experience the same. I've just encountered the same issue with
LibreOffice 3.5.6.2
Build ID: e0fbe70-5879838-a0745b0-0cd1158-638b327
so it might be time to post on the developers list - the dpkg system
breakage is quite serious IMO.

Tom_Davies · September 3, 2012, 10:35pm

Hi
All the various problems with dictionaries seem to have been solved when people switched to using the NS Dvd ones on the Extensions site.

I think fixing the existing dictionaries that get shipped with LO might be a lot more work than just swapping them out and replacing with the ones on the Extensions site.
Regards from
Tom

NoOp · September 3, 2012, 10:56pm

...

Interesting. Thank Terry. I have LO 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 installed. None of
those should interfere with the other as they are all installed in /opt
and use their own profiles (/home/<user>/.config/libreoffice3.4,
/home/<user>/.config/libreoffice3.5, and
/home/<user>/.config/libreoffice3.6). The Ubuntu 3.5 uses
/home/<user>/.config/libreoffice.

I had no issues with those installed when the versions were 3.4.x,
3.5.5rc3, and 3.6.0.4. I'm reinstalling those versions again (minus
3.4.x) to test again.

No issues with reinstalling 3.6.04 over 3.6.1:
Setting up libreoffice3.6-dict-en (3.6.0.4-104) ...
SUCCESS: unopkg returns successful!
Setting up libreoffice3.6-dict-es (3.6.0.4-104) ...
SUCCESS: unopkg returns successful!
Setting up libreoffice3.6-dict-fr (3.6.0.4-104) ...
SUCCESS: unopkg returns successful!

Nor did I have any issues with installing 3.5.5rc3 over 3.5.6.2.

Alejo_C.S · September 4, 2012, 1:44pm

Here same problem, Debian amd64 stable (squeeze) with following dictionaries:

libreoffice3.6-dict-en
libreoffice3.6-dict-es
libreoffice3.6-dict-fr
libreoffice3.6-dict-an

Rolling back to 3.6

krackedpress · September 4, 2012, 2:21pm

Using LO 3.5.6 on Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit, I did not have any problems installing 3.5.6 over 3.5.5. I did not get any dictionary issues for the default 64-bit DEB installs.

I am using:
LibreOffice 3.5.6.2
Build ID: e0fbe70-5879838-a0745b0-0cd1158-638b327

This was copied from the "Help" splash.

I use "sudo dpkg -i *.deb" for my install method.

I have not switched to 3.5.6, yet, on my 12.04/MATE system. That is my dual booting laptop and rarely use it for LO work.

There have been some people who have issues with the default dictionaries. Some have not worked, and now you have install issues. It seems that there are just some systems that are just not having an easy time installing LO.

As for the NA-DVD dictionaries, well there are about 20 localized Spanish dictionaries there, so you can choose which country's version you need. The American English version is over 773,000 words in size, plus thesaurus.

I was wondering what would happen is I did not install any dictionaries during the installation [DEB and Windows], and then install the version of English, Spanish, and French ones I prefer. By the way, there are several French dictionaries to choose from.
.

Tom_Davies · September 4, 2012, 4:45pm

Hi
Ooops, yes i did mean the NA Dvd. The S was just a fat fingered tpyo
Apols and regards from
Tom

NoOp · September 4, 2012, 5:52pm

Thanks. Can you please provide the output of:

$ ls -al /opt/libreoffice3.5/share/extensions
...

NoOp · September 4, 2012, 6:02pm

Here same problem, Debian amd64 stable (squeeze) with following dictionaries:

libreoffice3.6-dict-en
libreoffice3.6-dict-es
libreoffice3.6-dict-fr
libreoffice3.6-dict-an

Rolling back to 3.6

Thanks Alejo.

I created a simple shell to clean dpkg, you might want to do the same so
that you don't have to enter each command separately:

$ cat lodictfix6.sh
#!/bin/sh

sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/info/libreoffice3.6-dict-en.* /tmp/ && sudo dpkg
--remove --force-remove-reinstreq libreoffice3.6-dict-en && sudo mv
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libreoffice3.6-dict-es.* /tmp/ && sudo dpkg --remove
--force-remove-reinstreq libreoffice3.6-dict-es && sudo mv
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libreoffice3.6-dict-fr.* /tmp/ && sudo dpkg --remove
--force-remove-reinstreq libreoffice3.6-dict-fr

Just add the commands for libreoffice3.6-dict-an:

#!/bin/sh

sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/info/libreoffice3.6-dict-en.* /tmp/ && sudo dpkg
--remove --force-remove-reinstreq libreoffice3.6-dict-en && sudo mv
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libreoffice3.6-dict-es.* /tmp/ && sudo dpkg --remove
--force-remove-reinstreq libreoffice3.6-dict-es && sudo mv
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libreoffice3.6-dict-fr.* /tmp/ && sudo dpkg --remove
--force-remove-reinstreq libreoffice3.6-dict-fr && sudo mv
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libreoffice3.6-dict-an.* /tmp/ && sudo dpkg --remove
--force-remove-reinstreq libreoffice3.6-dict-an

Not that the above is all one line. Just put into gedit/kedit and make
sure it's all one line & then save as lodictfix6.sh (or whatever you
prefer) & then run as a standard shell './lodictfix6.sh'.

I also did an lodictfix5.sh as well for cleaning LO 3.5 dpkg issues.

krackedpress · September 4, 2012, 6:30pm

Here is the clip from the Terminal.
I do not know what the "ls" is used for, but here it the info you wanted.

Tom_Davies · September 4, 2012, 6:37pm

Hi
On a Gnu&Linux command-line and i thikn other unix-based ones you can get a quick-help, cheat-sheet that can give hints about what a command does. It's wise to have a quick look rather than just randomly accepting on-line advice! For example try

ls --help

or

ls -h

Ok, ls does roughly the same as the dir command in Windows except that it colour-codes the folders and files and has tons of options. Oddly the dir command does also work so you could try that although the tags and options are probably quite different for dir.

Regards from
Tom

NoOp · September 4, 2012, 6:53pm

...

Thanks. Can you please try an install on your 12.04 machine? I don't
currently do not have any 10.4 test machines available & my installs
have been on Ubuntu 12.04 32bit & 64bit. So I'm curious to see if
perhaps it is an issue with the distro version.

Note: I installed the rpm builds to Fedora 17 last night, and while the
install also complained about the dictionaries:

ERROR: unknown sub-command sync!
Use unopkg --help (short -h) to print all options.
ERROR: Registration of extensions failed!

the dictionaries did install.

krackedpress · September 4, 2012, 7:12pm

Well, I got "success" with the install on Ubuntu 12.04 [64-bit] with MATE as the desktop environment.

NoOp · September 4, 2012, 7:49pm

...

Well, I got "success" with the install on Ubuntu 12.04 [64-bit] with
MATE as the desktop environment.

----------------------------

Setting up libreoffice3.5-dict-en (3.5.6-2) ...
SUCCESS: unopkg returns successful!
Setting up libreoffice3.5-dict-es (3.5.6-2) ...
SUCCESS: unopkg returns successful!
Setting up libreoffice3.5-dict-fr (3.5.6-2) ...
SUCCESS: unopkg returns successful

timothy@inspiron-1525-linux:~/Lib/DEBS$ ls -al
/opt/libreoffice3.5/share/extensions
total 176
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Sep 4 15:04 .
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 Jun 15 11:49 ..
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Sep 4 15:04 dict-en
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Sep 4 15:04 dict-es
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Sep 4 15:04 dict-fr
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 20480 Sep 4 15:03 nlpsolver
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23 Aug 7 18:14 package.txt
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 20480 Sep 4 15:03 pdfimport
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 20480 Sep 4 15:03 presentation-minimizer
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 20480 Sep 4 15:03 presenter-screen
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 24576 Sep 4 15:03 report-builder
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 20480 Sep 4 15:03 script-provider-for-python
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 20480 Sep 4 15:03 wiki-publisher
timothy@inspiron-1525-linux:~/Lib/DEBS$

Thanks. Any chance that you could try installing 3.6.1.2?

Paolo_Debortoli · September 5, 2012, 9:27pm

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