telling apt to ignore some package dependencies

[NoOp]

On 11/08/2007 07:11 AM, Jason Joines wrote:
>     I needed OpenOffice 2.3 in Kubuntu 7.04 Feisty and wanted the KDE 
> integration.  The install from the packages from openoffice.org kept 
> freezing and the KDE integration did not work at all.  So, I downloaded 
> the debs from the Ubuntu archive for 7.10 Gutsy and forecefully 
> installed them.  They seem to work great.  However, when I try to 
> install anything else apt-get complains about all the broken 
> dependencies with openoffice packages and won't install anything else.  
> I thought apt_preferences might be able to handle this.  Is there any 
> way I can tell it just to ingore all the openoffice dependency issues?
> 
> 
> Jason Joines
> =================================
> 

If you want to uninstall the Gutsy version, use these instructions to
install the standard OOo:

<http://www.8daysaweek.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=759http://www.8daysaweek.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=759>

If you want a version with some added extras, install OxygenOffice:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ooop
  http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=170021
[download & install OOo_2.3.0_071010_unxlngi6_install.tar.gz for the
english version]

That said, you might want to look into installing Gutsy.