Missing dependency when installing danish helppack deb

dotnetCarpenter · July 17, 2024, 9:55am

So I downloaded and installed LibreOffice_24.2.5.2_Linux_x86-64_deb and downloaded LibreOffice_24.2.5.2_Linux_x86-64_deb_helppack_da.

My UI is in english but the locale is in danish (I’m danish but can not be bothered with weird danish translations in the UI).

When I try to install the danish helppack (to get offline help working), I get the following error:

sudo dpkg -i libobasis24.2-da-help_24.2.5.2-2_amd64.deb 
(Reading database ... 517201 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack libobasis24.2-da-help_24.2.5.2-2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libobasis24.2-da-help (24.2.5.2-2) over (24.2.3.2-2) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libobasis24.2-da-help:
 libobasis24.2-da-help depends on libobasis24.2-da (>= 24.2.5.2); however:
  Version of libobasis24.2-da on system is 24.2.3.2-2.
  Version of libobasis24.2-da on system, provided by libobasis24.2-da:amd64, is <none>.

dpkg: error processing package libobasis24.2-da-help (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libobasis24.2-da-help

Does the helppack only work if the UI is in danish? Is there a dependency missing from the helppack?
I see that when installing LibreOffice 24.2.5.2, only libobasis24.2-en-us is installed, so I guess the answer is the former question…

Setting up libobasis24.2-en-us (24.2.5.2-2) ...

Version: 24.2.5.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: bffef4ea93e59bebbeaf7f431bb02b1a39ee8a59
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: da-DK (C.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

mikekaganski · July 17, 2024, 9:58am

Yes. This is explained in FAQ. But that is unrelated to your seen installation failure. The failure itself shouldn’t happen (just the help won’t be used, until you switch the UI language). You may want to file a bug report.

dotnetCarpenter · July 17, 2024, 10:36am

TL;DR Scroll to the bottom of this post - it works (maybe all along?).

I had installed LibreOffice with danish UI, a while back - just checked but had forgotten about that. So I don’t think it is a bug.

apt list --installed "libobasis24.2*"
...
libobasis24.2-core/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-da-help/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-da/now 24.2.3.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-draw/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-en-us-help/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-en-us/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-extension-beanshell-script-provider/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
...

After struggling a bit I got the danish versions removed:

sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq libreoffice24.2-dict-da 
Removing libreoffice24.2-dict-da (24.2.3.2-2) ...
sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq  libobasis24.2-da-help
Removing libobasis24.2-da-help (24.2.5.2-2) ...
sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq libobasis24.2-da
Removing libobasis24.2-da (24.2.3.2-2) ...

Apparently libobasis24.2-da-help 24.2.5.2-2 did get installed previously. - Now removed.

I finally got in a state that should work.

apt list --installed “libobasis24.2*”
libobasis24.2-base/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-calc/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-core/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-draw/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-en-us-help/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-en-us/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-extension-beanshell-script-provider/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-extension-javascript-script-provider/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-extension-mediawiki-publisher/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-extension-nlpsolver/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-extension-pdf-import/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-extension-report-builder/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-firebird/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-gnome-integration/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-graphicfilter/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-images/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-impress/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-kde-integration/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-librelogo/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-libreofficekit-data/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-math/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-ogltrans/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-onlineupdate/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-ooofonts/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-ooolinguistic/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-postgresql-sdbc/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-python-script-provider/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-pyuno/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-writer/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
libobasis24.2-xsltfilter/now 24.2.5.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]

But when I open Calc and press F1, the browser still opens and takes me to file:///opt/libreoffice24.2/help/en-US/text/scalc/main0000.html?System=UNIX&DbPAR=CALC&HID=SC_HID_SC_WIN_GRIDWIN#bm_id3155335.

Ahh! It is local! I somehow imagine gtk GUI with HTML and not the browser. Now I’m unsure if this was working all along, since I did not closely inspect the URL.