Re: [tlug] Install languages

[Thomas Blasejewicz <nyuwa@example.com>]

On 2015/10/28 18:12, Raymond Wan wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Thomas Blasejewicz <nyuwa@example.com> wrote:
> > Someone on the Japanese Ubuntu list just happened to mention something
> > similar and I tried the command given there:
> >
> > sudo apt-get install language-pack-gnome-ja language-pack-ja
> > [sudo] password for thomas:
> > 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:
> >    language-pack-gnome-ja : Depends: language-pack-gnome-ja-base (>=
> > 1:14.04+20150804) but it is not going to be installed
> >    language-pack-ja : Depends: language-pack-ja-base (>=
> > 1:14.04+20150804) but it is not going to be installed
> > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>
> I don't know the technical answer since I've always been too lazy to
> dig too deep.  But within Ubuntu/Debian's package management system,
> it probably says what package depends on what other package(s).  i.e.,
> you need to install A before you install B.
>
> Sometimes, it might be wrong or your system might be in a state that
> creates some dependency problem that the developers didn't think of.
>
> If you try to install A but it says B is required first, then just try
> installing B.
>
> sudo apt-get install language-pack-gnome-ja-base language-pack-ja-base
>
> I've had problems (a few Ubuntu/Debian versions ago) where a message
> likes that came during some software uninstallation.  So, I actually
> installed B to make it happy and then uninstalled A and B right after.
> I don't know the reason for this...
>
> Ray
I also tried (... probably a mistake ...) sudo apt-get upgrade.
The computer did lots of things I do not understand for almost an hour.
At the end of which there was a short message:
"Warning: no support fo the locale en_US.utf8"
And something (sorry, I did not take notes about those) about packages 
already on the system,
where the default choice was "maintain current package". I chose that 
option.

After restarting the computer not only does the language install still 
not work, but LibreOffice, at least Writer,
has also gone haywire.

Is there a way out of this, or do I have to try reinstall from scratch 
everything ... again, for the millionth time?
Having all these problems thrown at me all the time is really frustrating.
I would very much prefer something like: Install -> let's go.

Thomas