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More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages]

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On 10/04/2018 07:05 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 10/03/2018 08:45 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:
>> Richard Owlett wrote:
>>> I received an email with an attachment in .doc format.
>>> I clicked to open with default program - LibreOffice Writer.
>>> All I got was a brief display of the LibreOffice flash screen.
>>> I tried to open from MATE's Application menu - failed likewise.
>>
>> You sure that the *doc wasn't broken-by-design (i.e. one of the various
>> types of malware that tend to use *doc files, etc.)?
> 
> Not the problem on on two counts.
> 1. I had same symptoms when directly opening LibreOffice Writer from
>     MATE's application menu.
> 2. I later found a flash drive to which I had installed Debian 8.
>     The .doc file opened properly there.
> 
>>>
>>> Tried to do a complete removal with intention of doing a re-install.
>>> Tried to do the re-install receiving a "fix broken packages" response.
>>
>> Mind sending the package(s) that're causing the conflict?
> 
> Murphy decreed that the brokenness should evaporate ;/
> 
> A timeline:
> 1. Waited for a good night's sleep before following up your request.
> 2. I recently had a similar problem with Synaptic and was pointed to
>     Synaptic's Help for fixing broken packages. I had not followed up
>     as that machine had an apparent hardware/system failure. I'm on a
>     different machine with a fresh install of Debian 9.
> 3. I attempted to view broken packages and got a list composed of
>     packages I could not identify as ever having been installed.
>     Did not notice any LibreOffice packages.
> 4. Did a search by package name for LibreOffice.
>     Found many installed packages.
>     Marked them for complete removal. Applied same.
>     Now no evidence of broken packages.
> 5. Installed LibreOffice meta-package.
>     It opened the doc file without problem.
> 
> As I've had similar problems twice I'll attempt to reproduce the 
> problem. It will not be immediately as I have a higher priority project.
> 
> Is there a reproducible manner to break dependencies?
> 
> Thank you.

Just did a fresh install to another partition of the machine on which I 
observed the current problem.
Installation was from DVD 1 of Debian 9.1.0

Again LibreOffice Writer would not launch.
Attempted complete removal. This time the LibreOffice meta-package was 
identified as broke.
[I did _something_ ???]

Marked that package for installation.
All went well.
LibreOffice Writer launched properly from MATE application menu.

If/when I attempt again, what log files should I preserve.
I suspect that should include relevant log files from the clean install.

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Synaptic fails to fix broken packages Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-03 14:30 +0200
  Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-10-03 16:00 +0200
    Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2018-10-04 13:40 +0200
    Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-04 14:10 +0200
      More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-04 16:10 +0200
        Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2018-10-04 19:30 +0200
          Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2018-10-05 00:10 +0200
          Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-10-05 06:20 +0200
            Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-05 12:00 +0200
              Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-05 12:10 +0200
                Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-05 13:00 +0200
                Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-05 13:20 +0200
                Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-10-05 13:10 +0200
                Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-05 13:30 +0200
                Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-10-05 17:10 +0200
                Re: apt 101 (was: Re: More info) Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-05 17:40 +0200
                Re: apt 101 (was: Re: More info) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-10-05 18:10 +0200
                Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-05 21:50 +0200
                Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-10-05 22:20 +0200
                Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-05 23:40 +0200
                Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-10-06 03:40 +0200
                Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-06 16:50 +0200
                Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-10-06 10:20 +0200
              Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-10-05 15:00 +0200

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