What are virtual packages? [FOLLOWUP]

[Jim Byrnes]

On 09/09/2014 10:20 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 9 September 2014 15:14, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>> ...
>> I get the same result for apt-cache policy. See my question about it being
>> built in above.  Is it possible that uno is providing it?
>
> Looking at the link you supplied and the explanation from Tom, it
> appears that you need python-uno or python3-uno, so as long as one of
> those is installed you should be ok.
>
>>
>> I ask because I am trying to run some python dialog demos in libreoffice.
>> The ones written entirely in python run ok.  It is also supposed to be
>> possible to run dialogs built in the libreoffice basic IDE in python
>> scripts.  These are the one that give an error message.
>>
>> The error message does not point to the script itself, but seems to be
>> coming from python itself. This is why I was trying to see if I was missing
>> something that needed to be installed. The only way I have found to see
>> errors in this case is to display them in a message box so I can't cut and
>> paste the error here.  If need be I can type it in here if necessary.
>
> Sorry I can't help with that as I have no experience in that area.
> Someone else?
>
> Colin
>

I found a simpler example of using a loBasic dialog with python that 
works. I must have been using the prior one incorrectly and it seems I 
have everything I need installed.  Thanks to everyone that offered advice.

Regards,  Jim