Cannot install gnucash

[Tristan_Williams]

Running the following command:

sudo apt-get install gnucash

Gives the following output:


Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gnucash : Depends: libdbi1 (>= 0.8.4) but it is not installable
Depends: libgoffice-0.8-8 (>= 0.8.8) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libofx4 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libdate-manip-perl but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.


What do I need to do to install GnuCash?

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Hi !

Check the state of the package management system:


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo dpkg -C

Then see what it is going to take to satisfy the dependencies.


checks and balances, but



its all got to work together

[Tristan_Williams]

I ran those commands and I still get the same output from "sudo apt-get install gnucash"

Here is the output for the second try in case you need it:


Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gnucash : Depends: libdbi1 (>= 0.8.4) but it is not installable
Depends: libgoffice-0.8-8 (>= 0.8.8) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libofx4 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libdate-manip-perl but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Hey.

What we are interested in here is knowing the state of the package manager.
Please show the out puts of the terminal codes:


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo dpkg -C

Once on a firm foundation



we can push

[ajgreeny]

You seem to be using 13.04 which has now lost support I believe. Don't forget normal, as opposed to LTS versions of Ubuntu, now get only 9 months of support, so 13.04 has just lost that option.

A very good reason to stick with LTS versions only, I think.

http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2014/01/28/ubuntu-13-04-raring-ringtail-end-of-life-reached-on-january-27-2014/

[Tristan_Williams]

I am running 13.10 not 13.04... So yes I still have support

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Hey:


sysop@1310mini:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 13.10
Release: 13.10
Codename: saucy
sysop@1310mini:~$ apt-cache search gnucash
abtransfers - simple online banking application for online money transfers
gnucash - personal and small-business financial-accounting software
gnucash-common - common files for the financial-accounting software Gnucash
gnucash-dbg - debugging symbols for the accounting software Gnucash
gnucash-docs - Documentation for gnucash, a personal finance tracking program
grisbi - personal finance management program
homebank - Manage your personal accounts at home
homebank-data - Data files for homebank
homebank-dbg - Debugginf symbols for homebank
python-gnucash - Gnucash interface for Python
skrooge - personal finance manager for KDE
sysop@1310mini:~$


Now, let's fix your system. Provide the requested output.



we can proceed

[Tristan_Williams]

Tristan: ~ $ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 13.10
Release: 13.10
Codename: saucy

Tristan: ~ $ apt-cache search gnucash
abtransfers - simple online banking application for online money transfers
gnucash - personal and small-business financial-accounting software
gnucash-common - common files for the financial-accounting software Gnucash
gnucash-dbg - debugging symbols for the accounting software Gnucash
gnucash-docs - Documentation for gnucash, a personal finance tracking program
grisbi - personal finance management program
homebank - Manage your personal accounts at home
homebank-data - Data files for homebank
homebank-dbg - Debugginf symbols for homebank
python-gnucash - Gnucash interface for Python
skrooge - personal finance manager for KDE

Tristan ~ $

[Bashing-om]

Oh Tristan_Williams ,

Thanks, but the ones we need to look at and start fixing your ystem is:


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo dpkg -C

If your package management system was intact, then there would be no problem installing "gnucash".
So let's fix it .



where there is a will there is a way

[Tristan_Williams]

Tristan: ~ $ sudo apt-get update
Ign file: apt-build InRelease
Ign file: apt-build Release.gpg
Get:1 file: apt-build Release [106 B]
Ign file: apt-build/main Translation-en_US
Ign file: apt-build/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy InRelease
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy InRelease
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy InRelease
Ign http://archive.canonical.com saucy InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-proposed InRelease
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com saucy Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy InRelease
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com saucy Release
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy InRelease
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-proposed Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com saucy/partner Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates Release
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy InRelease
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com saucy/partner i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-proposed Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy Release
Ign http://archive.canonical.com saucy/partner Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.canonical.com saucy/partner Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy/main Sources
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-proposed/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-proposed/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-proposed/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-proposed/restricted Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy/main Translation-en
Reading package lists... Done






Tristan: ~ $ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.






Tristan: ~ $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.






Tristan: ~ $sudo dpkg -C
Tristan: ~ $

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Wow ! All good !

OK, firm foundation, let's push !



sudo apt-get install libdbi1

and see if we get an indication of where the problem lies.



gotta be a way

[Tristan_Williams]

I think we found the problem :)


Tristan: ~ $ sudo apt-get install libdbi1
[sudo] password for Tristan:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package libdbi1 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'libdbi1' has no installation candidate

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Weelll !

OK, so I be look'n why.

Back soonest I know something that replaces 'libdbi1' .


1 step forward


Edit: This is the last 'libdbi1' is supported:


You have searched for packages that names contain libdbi1 in suite(s) saucy, all sections, and all architectures. Found 1 matching packages.

Exact hits

Package libdbi1

saucy (libs): DB Independent Abstraction Layer for C -- shared library
0.8.4-6: amd64 i386

In saucy-updates, is no longer supported.. humm gotta go looking !

[Tristan_Williams]

Any idea as to why apt-get can't find libdhi1?

[steeldriver]

Your sources look kind of funny - did you get to 13.10 via release upgrade(s)? I think the mix of saucy / saucy-proposed / launchpad ppa might be what's the issue here

[Tristan_Williams]

No I did not upgrade to 13.10

I installed Ubuntu via Ubuntu Minimal CD and build up to a full Desktop Environment, but I don't think that would have different repos than Ubuntu Desktop.

[Bashing-om]

@ steeldriver; GLAD ya poped in, this may turn into another thorny one !

Look, I can install libdbi1 on my system 13.10 fully updated:


sysop@1310mini:~$ apt-cache policy libdbi1
libdbi1:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 0.8.4-6
Version table:
0.8.4-6 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages
sysop@1310mini:~$ sudo apt-get install -s libdbi1
[sudo] password for sysop:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-3.8.0-34 linux-headers-3.8.0-34-generic
linux-image-3.8.0-34-generic linux-image-extra-3.8.0-34-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libdbi1
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Inst libdbi1 (0.8.4-6 Ubuntu:13.10/saucy [amd64])
Conf libdbi1 (0.8.4-6 Ubuntu:13.10/saucy [amd64])
sysop@1310mini:~$


SO, what gives else here ?

@ Tristan_Williams. by all means let's follow steeldriver's lead and look at all your sources.



look'n for a cause

[Tristan_Williams]

Tristan: ~ $ apt-cache policy libdbi1
libdbi1:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: (none)
Version table:


So the package is nowhere to be found.

I went into synaptic to check which repos were selected and unselected, and all of them were activated (except 7 of them, which were duplicate entries)


I am not understanding why it can't find the package

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Ump ;
FYI; I also run a build from a minimal install, but I did upgrade from 13.04, maybe that is the difference ?
Do not know yet !

Are you running the MySQL data base ? (conflict)
Let's see what might be:
Post back to us:


cat /etc/apt/sources.list
cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list




sometimes I wonder

[Tristan_Williams]

No I don't have any SQL or server related things.



Tristan: ~ $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy main restricted

# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-updates main restricted
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-security main restricted

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy restricted main
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-updates multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-updates multiverse

## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-security multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ saucy partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ saucy partner

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Ubuntu's
## 'extras' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy main
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-proposed universe main multiverse restricted

Tristan: ~ $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list
# deb file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository/ apt-build main

# deb file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository/ apt-build main


deb file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository/ apt-build main


deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gottcode/gcppa/ubuntu/ saucy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/gottcode/gcppa/ubuntu/ saucy main















deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/noobslab-conky/ubuntu/ saucy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/noobslab-conky/ubuntu/ saucy main





deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/numix/ppa/ubuntu/ saucy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/numix/ppa/ubuntu/ saucy main





deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/teejee2008/ppa/ubuntu/ saucy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/teejee2008/ppa/ubuntu/ saucy main

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Umphh,

I am stuck, and do not see a way forward. I am going to enlist the aid of another and hopefully this person can see an avenue of advancement.



we force,


something will break

[ian-weisser]

If you still get error messages about "held broken packages", then try this to find out exactly what's held:

dpkg --get-selections | grep hold

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Hey !

This is intriguing and has my interest,
How about we force and break ? .. If we are to proceed, I have a suggestion iffen ya are up for it.
How about you make a "test" partition and install ubuntu minimal in it and attempt to install "gnucash" on this fresh install ?
If there continues to be this problem, well -> the developers of "gnucash" do fully support linux and would welcome a bug report !
The strange thing is, no one else is reporting any problems I can find with installing "gnucash" in saucy.

Else we can also proceed to break your current install and see what it will take to put it back together.



break fix learn

[Tristan_Williams]

I already have gnucash In a partition running Ubuntu Minimal... The only reason I can't use the other partition is because my brother (he got mad at me) trashed the system and it is now unusable.

So I know for a fact that GnuCash works perfectly with Ubuntu Minimal.

When I run "dpkg --get-selections | grep hold" I get absolutely no output.

[ian-weisser]

Ah. So things have changed since your original posts.
When you try to install now, what happens?

[Bashing-om]

What he ^ said,

awaiting report.


a new light on things

[Tristan_Williams]

Tristan: ~ $ sudo apt-get install gnucash
[sudo] password for Tristan:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gnucash : Depends: libdbi1 (>= 0.8.4) but it is not installable
Depends: libgoffice-0.8-8 (>= 0.8.8) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libofx4 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libdate-manip-perl but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.


Still the same output, so I ran "dpkg --get-selections | grep hold" and still didnt get any output from it.

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Ok.

To know what's keeping or removing a package you may use:


apt-get -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=yes dist-upgrade

Let's see if that gives us any joy.
and then:
Given the circumstances, let's break your operating system and see what happens .




We can force and fix

[Tristan_Williams]

Here's what I got:



Tristan: ~ $sudo apt-get -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=yes dist-upgrade
[sudo] password for Tristan:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Starting pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0
Starting 2 pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0
Done
Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Well.

Sorta expected that, but wanted to see.
OK let's get ready to force the issue:
what returns :


ls -la /var/cache/apt/archives/libdbi1

Which I also expect to be non-existent, but let's not have any interference, huh .


on our mark, getting set

[Tristan_Williams]

Tristan: ~ $ ls -la /var/cache/apt/archives/libdbi1
ls: cannot access /var/cache/apt/archives/libdbi1: No such file or directory

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; OK ! Let's break something !

Are you running a 64 bit system ?
Then download and install this:


cd /var/cache/apt/archives/
wget http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libd/libdbi/libdbi1_0.8.4-6_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i libdbi1_0.8.4-6_amd64.deb
cd


Advise on where we stand and what happened !



Oh the sound, the sound of a breaking system

[Tristan_Williams]

Nope I have an i686 system (32-bit)

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams;

Ok 0n the 32 bit, wait one and I get the other file set up for ya.

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Here !

substitute - libdbi1_0.8.4-6_i386.deb - for the - _amd64.deb - package .. ok ?

Then we see how much crying is going on.

[Tristan_Williams]

Tristan: ~ $ cd /var/cache/apt/archives/
Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $sudo wget http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libd/libdbi/libdbi1_0.8.4-6_i386.deb
--2014-02-01 19:00:41-- http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libd/libdbi/libdbi1_0.8.4-6_i386.deb
Resolving us.archive.ubuntu.com (us.archive.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.91.15, 91.189.91.13, 91.189.91.14, ...
Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com (us.archive.ubuntu.com)|91.189.91.15|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 29952 (29K) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘libdbi1_0.8.4-6_i386.deb.1’

100%[================================================== ================================================== ===========================>] 29,952 56.0KB/s in 0.5s

2014-02-01 19:00:42 (56.0 KB/s) - ‘libdbi1_0.8.4-6_i386.deb.1’ saved [29952/29952]

Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo dpkg -i libdbi1_0.8.4-6_i386.deb
Selecting previously unselected package libdbi1.
(Reading database ... 218207 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libdbi1 (from libdbi1_0.8.4-6_i386.deb) ...
Setting up libdbi1 (0.8.4-6) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $cd

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Hey,
Sorry about the delay, my iron in several fires.

Ok looks good so far .. lets look:


sudo dpkg -C

If that returns with no output,
Let's get a freash look:


sudo apt-get install gnucash

and see what our next step is !



one step at a time

[Tristan_Williams]

Tristan: ~ $ sudo dpkg -C
[sudo] password for Tristan:

Tristan: ~ $ sudo apt-get install gnucash
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gnucash : Depends: libgoffice-0.8-8 (>= 0.8.8) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libofx4 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libdate-manip-perl but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams;

Well, That went well,
Ok play with the system and make sure the things you installed from the PPAs still function.
And we will install in the same manner the next dependency.

I will be back !

[Tristan_Williams]

Yes, everything else works fine, including packages installed from PPAs.

As a side note... I tried to install Main Menu, so I could change the options in my Whiskermenu-plugin.
It gave almost the same error that gnucash is giving, so something is definitely wrong with MY system, not GnuCash

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Ummphh,

That is not good news. Real tough to check the validity of what checks validity ( the package manager).

You want we should come up with a means to check your system before we go back to installing "gnucash" ?

if the package manager is broke


we got problems !

[Tristan_Williams]

@ Bashing-on I am going on a trip for the next 2 days. I will send you a private message when I return so we can continue this adventure. Thank you for your help so far!

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Roger that !



I do so enjoy


a good puzzle

[Tristan_Williams]

I'm back :) we can coninue our little adventure!

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; So (?);

What do you think ? Recon the package manager is broke ?


if we push, we got to stand on something

[Tristan_Williams]

I have checked the validity of the package manager.

It installs well known packages perfectly. Here are the packages I tested:

software-properties-common
synaptic
guake
apt-build
python-software-properties

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; OK !

That gives us the confidence to go ahead and try and "dpkg -i" the next dependency for "gnucash".

It is past the witching hour for me and we will take this back up in my AM.


2 steps forward. none back, and feet planted firmly

[Tristan_Williams]

It is also my bedtime, so we shall pick back up in the morrow... :)

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Morning !

Let's go get the next file, install it, check things out to see what has happened.


cd /var/cache/apt/archives/
wget http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/goffice-0.8/libgoffice-0.8-8_0.8.17-3_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i libgoffice-0.8-8_0.8.17-3_i386.deb
cd

I am fairly sure this is the file we want !

IF all goes well, and Nothing is broken, we will do it once more for the next file in line.

It would be nice to know why "apt-get" has a problem resolving these dependencies, presently without doing some time consuming checking, I do not know. The expeditious thing is to give the package manager what it wants and check to see what the result is.

I would that you know what we are doing, if you have questions, by all means ask, we can both learn from your questions.


we be stepp'n


even if it is



one step at a time

[Tristan_Williams]

I sort of expected this...



Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ cd
Tristan: ~ $ cd /var/cache/apt/archives/
Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo wget http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/goffice-0.8/libgoffice-0.8-8_0.8.17-3_i386.deb
[sudo] password for Tristan:
--2014-02-03 16:18:34-- http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/goffice-0.8/libgoffice-0.8-8_0.8.17-3_i386.deb
Resolving us.archive.ubuntu.com (us.archive.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.91.13, 2001:67c:1562::15, 2001:67c:1562::13, ...
Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com (us.archive.ubuntu.com)|91.189.91.13|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1606184 (1.5M) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘libgoffice-0.8-8_0.8.17-3_i386.deb’

100%[================================================== ================================================== ===========================>] 1,606,184 259KB/s in 6.1s

2014-02-03 16:18:41 (258 KB/s) - ‘libgoffice-0.8-8_0.8.17-3_i386.deb’ saved [1606184/1606184]

Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo dpkg -i
Display all 187 possibilities? (y or n)
Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo dpkg -i libgoffice-0.8-8_0.8.17-3_i386.deb
Selecting previously unselected package libgoffice-0.8-8.
(Reading database ... 218222 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libgoffice-0.8-8 (from libgoffice-0.8-8_0.8.17-3_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgoffice-0.8-8:
libgoffice-0.8-8 depends on libgsf-1-114 (>= 1.14.15); however:
Package libgsf-1-114 is not installed.
libgoffice-0.8-8 depends on libgoffice-0.8-8-common (>= 0.8.17-3); however:
Package libgoffice-0.8-8-common is not installed.

dpkg: error processing libgoffice-0.8-8 (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
libgoffice-0.8-8
Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ cd
Tristan: ~ $

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Well,

I did have my fingers crossed.



libgoffice-0.8-8-common is not installed


Not real surprised.

Lemme, now with the better info, go back and take another look at what files are available for "libgoffice".

back in a bit or so.



maybe, the wrong option ?

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; OK,

Nope I still like that selection for libgoffice.

Install now this one: - libgoffice-0.8-8-common_0.8.17-3_all.deb -
Ya got the routine down ?

Then we will install the other dependency for libgoffice.

Then see where we stand,



still moving forward

[Tristan_Williams]

Ok so that went great :)



Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ wget http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/goffice-0.8/libgoffice-0.8-8-common_0.8.17-3_all.deb
--2014-02-03 16:42:04-- http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/goffice-0.8/libgoffice-0.8-8-common_0.8.17-3_all.deb
Resolving us.archive.ubuntu.com (us.archive.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.91.15, 91.189.91.13, 91.189.91.14, ...
Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com (us.archive.ubuntu.com)|91.189.91.15|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1158168 (1.1M) [application/x-debian-package]
libgoffice-0.8-8-common_0.8.17-3_all.deb: Permission denied

Cannot write to ‘libgoffice-0.8-8-common_0.8.17-3_all.deb’ (Permission denied).
Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo !!
sudo wget http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/goffice-0.8/libgoffice-0.8-8-common_0.8.17-3_all.deb
--2014-02-03 16:42:09-- http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/goffice-0.8/libgoffice-0.8-8-common_0.8.17-3_all.deb
Resolving us.archive.ubuntu.com (us.archive.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.91.15, 2001:67c:1562::13, 2001:67c:1562::14, ...
Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com (us.archive.ubuntu.com)|91.189.91.15|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1158168 (1.1M) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘libgoffice-0.8-8-common_0.8.17-3_all.deb’

100%[================================================== ================================================== ===========================>] 1,158,168 278KB/s in 4.4s

2014-02-03 16:42:14 (257 KB/s) - ‘libgoffice-0.8-8-common_0.8.17-3_all.deb’ saved [1158168/1158168]

Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo dokg -i libgoffice-0.8-8-common_0.8.17-3_all.deb
sudo: dokg: command not found
Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo dpkg -i libgoffice-0.8-8-common_0.8.17-3_all.deb
Selecting previously unselected package libgoffice-0.8-8-common.
(Reading database ... 218222 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libgoffice-0.8-8-common (from libgoffice-0.8-8-common_0.8.17-3_all.deb) ...
Setting up libgoffice-0.8-8-common (0.8.17-3) ...
Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; OK !

Looking good .

now this one: - libgsf-1-114_1.14.27-2ubuntu1_i386.deb -

Let's see how that goes ! Be prepared for additional dependencies .



steppin out

[Tristan_Williams]

Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo wget http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/goffice-0.8/libgsf-1-114_1.14.27-2ubuntu1_i386.deb
--2014-02-03 17:04:10-- http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/goffice-0.8/libgsf-1-114_1.14.27-2ubuntu1_i386.deb
Resolving us.archive.ubuntu.com (us.archive.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.91.15, 91.189.91.13, 91.189.91.14, ...
Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com (us.archive.ubuntu.com)|91.189.91.15|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2014-02-03 17:04:10 ERROR 404: Not Found.

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; shucks !

My bad :
do it as :
- pool/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-114_1.14.27-2ubuntu1_i386.deb

Gots to give it the correct path on the server !


to err is human - or -



haste makes waste

[Tristan_Williams]

Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo wget http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-114_1.14.27-2ubuntu1_i386.deb
--2014-02-03 17:12:06-- http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-114_1.14.27-2ubuntu1_i386.deb
Resolving us.archive.ubuntu.com (us.archive.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.91.14, 91.189.91.15, 91.189.91.13, ...
Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com (us.archive.ubuntu.com)|91.189.91.14|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 97716 (95K) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘libgsf-1-114_1.14.27-2ubuntu1_i386.deb’

100%[================================================== ================================================== ===========================>] 97,716 240KB/s in 0.4s

2014-02-03 17:12:07 (240 KB/s) - ‘libgsf-1-114_1.14.27-2ubuntu1_i386.deb’ saved [97716/97716]

Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo dpkg -i libgsf-1-114_1.14.27-2ubuntu1_i386.deb
Selecting previously unselected package libgsf-1-114.
(Reading database ... 218452 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libgsf-1-114 (from libgsf-1-114_1.14.27-2ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgsf-1-114:
libgsf-1-114 depends on libgsf-1-common (>= 1.14.27-2ubuntu1); however:
Package libgsf-1-common is not installed.

dpkg: error processing libgsf-1-114 (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
libgsf-1-114

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; OK !

this then ! - pool/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-common_1.14.27-2ubuntu1_all.deb

The last in this series ?


there is hope !

[Tristan_Williams]

Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo wget http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-common_1.14.27-2ubuntu1_all.deb
--2014-02-03 17:25:47-- http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-common_1.14.27-2ubuntu1_all.deb
Resolving us.archive.ubuntu.com (us.archive.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.91.14, 91.189.91.15, 91.189.91.13, ...
Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com (us.archive.ubuntu.com)|91.189.91.14|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 12146 (12K) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘libgsf-1-common_1.14.27-2ubuntu1_all.deb’

100%[================================================== ================================================== ===========================>] 12,146 --.-K/s in 0.04s

2014-02-03 17:25:48 (294 KB/s) - ‘libgsf-1-common_1.14.27-2ubuntu1_all.deb’ saved [12146/12146]

Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo dpkg -i libgsf-1-common_1.14.27-2ubuntu1_all.deb
Selecting previously unselected package libgsf-1-common.
(Reading database ... 218457 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libgsf-1-common (from libgsf-1-common_1.14.27-2ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Setting up libgsf-1-common (1.14.27-2ubuntu1) ...

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Good !

Back to where we were, what now returns from:


sudo dpkg -i libgoffice-0.8-8_0.8.17-3_i386.deb



stepp'n out large ?

[Tristan_Williams]

Well crap...



Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo dpkg -i libgoffice-0.8-8_0.8.17-3_i386.deb
Selecting previously unselected package libgoffice-0.8-8.
(Reading database ... 218461 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libgoffice-0.8-8 (from libgoffice-0.8-8_0.8.17-3_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgoffice-0.8-8:
libgoffice-0.8-8 depends on libgsf-1-114 (>= 1.14.15); however:
Package libgsf-1-114 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing libgoffice-0.8-8 (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
libgoffice-0.8-8

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Yuk !

OK ! Let's heed package manager's advise and:


sudo dpkg-reconfigure libgsf-1-114

See where that leads us to.



4 steps forward and only 1 back

[Tristan_Williams]

Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure libgsf-1-114
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: libgsf-1-114 is broken or not fully installed

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; ummphh

looking to see if there is something I forgot.

I will be back !

[Tristan_Williams]

You didn't forget anything. I simply reinstalled libgsf-1-114 and it works now:


Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo dpkg -i libgsf-1-114_1.14.27-2ubuntu1_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 218504 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libgsf-1-114 1.14.27-2ubuntu1 (using libgsf-1-114_1.14.27-2ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libgsf-1-114 ...
Setting up libgsf-1-114 (1.14.27-2ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...

Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure libgsf-1-114
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Outstanding !

2 more chains to work through !

For now let's check and see if there is any screaming and hollering going on:


sudo dpkg -C


Then proceed with the next link.



we be stepp'n

[Tristan_Williams]

Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo dpkg -C
[sudo] password for Tristan:
The following packages have been unpacked but not yet configured.
They must be configured using dpkg --configure or the configure
menu option in dselect for them to work:
libgoffice-0.8-8 Document centric objects library - runtime files

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; OK ! OK !

Nag nag nag,


sudo dpkg-reconfigure libgoffice-0.8-8

Then we see where we stand !



a look never hurt

[Tristan_Williams]

.... This is frustrating :|


Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure libgoffice-0.8-8
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: libgoffice-0.8-8 is broken or not fully installed

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Well !

Let's try working out way back up the chain:


sudo dpkg-reconfigure libgsf-1-114


as that is the last link in that chain.



poke'n to see what bites (again)

[Tristan_Williams]

Worked perfectly:


Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure libgsf-1-114
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Next !



sudo dpkg-reconfigure libgoffice-0.8-8-common




same song, different track

[Tristan_Williams]

Ok did that, and now output... and as gentoo says, "No news is good news" :D

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Yep !

OK, should give us joy this time !


sudo dpkg-reconfigure libgoffice-0.8-8




poke poke

[Tristan_Williams]

Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure libgoffice-0.8-8
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: libgoffice-0.8-8 is broken or not fully installed

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Welp.

Don't really understand all I do not know, let's say it is dependent on other files yet to be installed.

For now, let's look and see where we are with "gnucash":


sudo apt-get install gnucash

for confirmation - all we have left is "libofx4" and libdate-manip-perl .


a fresh perspective

[Tristan_Williams]

Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo apt-get install gnucash
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gnucash : Depends: libofx4 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libdate-manip-perl but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.


Yep, you're right. libofx4 and libdate-manip-perl are all that's left!

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Moving along;

wget and install:
- pool/universe/libo/libofx/libofx4_0.9.4-2.1_i386.deb -

let's see what happens.



a small step for gnucash


a large step for ?

[Tristan_Williams]

Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo wget http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/libo/libofx/libofx4_0.9.4-2.1_i386.deb
[sudo] password for Tristan:
--2014-02-03 19:13:49-- http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/libo/libofx/libofx4_0.9.4-2.1_i386.deb
Resolving us.archive.ubuntu.com (us.archive.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.91.13, 91.189.91.14, 91.189.91.15, ...
Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com (us.archive.ubuntu.com)|91.189.91.13|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 176610 (172K) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘libofx4_0.9.4-2.1_i386.deb’

100%[================================================== ================================================== ===========================>] 176,610 92.0KB/s in 1.9s

2014-02-03 19:13:56 (92.0 KB/s) - ‘libofx4_0.9.4-2.1_i386.deb’ saved [176610/176610]

Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo dpkg -i libofx4_0.9.4-2.1_i386.deb
Selecting previously unselected package libofx4:i386.
(Reading database ... 218504 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libofx4:i386 (from libofx4_0.9.4-2.1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libofx4:i386:
libofx4:i386 depends on libosp5 (>= 1.5.2-1); however:
Package libosp5 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing libofx4:i386 (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
libofx4:i386

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; once more;

wget install:
- /main/o/opensp/libosp5_1.5.2-10ubuntu2_i386.deb -

And again -> see what happens !



1 more step

[Tristan_Williams]

So far so good:


Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo wget http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool//main/o/opensp/libosp5_1.5.2-10ubuntu2_i386.deb
--2014-02-03 19:24:17-- http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool//main/o/opensp/libosp5_1.5.2-10ubuntu2_i386.deb
Resolving us.archive.ubuntu.com (us.archive.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.91.13, 91.189.91.14, 91.189.91.15, ...
Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com (us.archive.ubuntu.com)|91.189.91.13|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 749782 (732K) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘libosp5_1.5.2-10ubuntu2_i386.deb’

100%[================================================== ================================================== ===========================>] 749,782 152KB/s in 4.6s

2014-02-03 19:24:22 (158 KB/s) - ‘libosp5_1.5.2-10ubuntu2_i386.deb’ saved [749782/749782]

Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo dpkg -i libosp5_1.5.2-10ubuntu2_i386.deb
Selecting previously unselected package libosp5.
(Reading database ... 218520 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libosp5 (from libosp5_1.5.2-10ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Setting up libosp5 (1.5.2-10ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Last but not least (yet);
wget install :
- pool/main/libd/libdate-manip-perl/libdate-manip-perl_6.40-1_all.deb

and again, see where it takes us to.


1 step more

[Tristan_Williams]

http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libd/libdate-manip-perl/libdate-manip-perl_6.40-1_all.deb[/url]
--2014-02-03 19:30:24-- http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libd/libdate-manip-perl/libdate-manip-perl_6.40-1_all.deb
Resolving us.archive.ubuntu.com (us.archive.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.91.14, 91.189.91.15, 91.189.91.13, ...
Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com (us.archive.ubuntu.com)|91.189.91.14|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 2200830 (2.1M) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘libdate-manip-perl_6.40-1_all.deb’

100%[================================================== ================================================== ===========================>] 2,200,830 255KB/s in 8.4s

2014-02-03 19:30:33 (256 KB/s) - ‘libdate-manip-perl_6.40-1_all.deb’ saved [2200830/2200830]

Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo dpkg -i libdate-manip-perl_6.40-1_all.deb
Selecting previously unselected package libdate-manip-perl.
(Reading database ... 218530 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libdate-manip-perl (from libdate-manip-perl_6.40-1_all.deb) ...
Setting up libdate-manip-perl (6.40-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...


Looks like we are making progress :D

[Bashing-om]

Tristan_Williams; Welp !

Should have all the dependencies satisfied !

Let's see now:


sudo apt-get install gnu cash

keeping in mind libgoffice may still have problems !



this is the biggy !

[Tristan_Williams]

Worked perfectly!


Tristan: /var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo apt-get install gnucash
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
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Now I will try it out :)

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Tristan_Williams;

I am on pins and needles !



told cha;


we can do this !

[Tristan_Williams]

It works perfectly!

Just to be sure everything was ok, I ran "maintain", which is an alias of mine, which does sudo apt-get update, upgrade, install -f, upgrade, autoclean, autoremove.
The only thing that happened was the following packages got upgraded:

- curl
- libcurl3
- libcurl3-gnutls
- libcurl4-openssl-dev

Thanks so much for your help :)

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Tristan_Williams; Shout halleLooYah !

And mark this sucker solved !



got er done !


1 for all and all for one