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I'M new to Linux & Ubuntu. I know I could just install Open Office through the Ubuntu Software Center or the Package Manager but I wanted to do it manually. So I download the debian package from www.openoffice.org and unzipped it. Now I have a folder on my desktop lapeled "OOO310_m19_native_packed-1_en-US.9420" Inside that folder there are 48 .deb files and a sub folder named "desktop-integration" and within that folder is one file name "openoffice.org3.1-debian-menus_3.1-9420_all.deb". But none of the .deb files I try to run will work. I'M getting errors.

Error: Conflicts with the installed package 'openoffice.org-core'
Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: ooobasis3.1-core01

Now I did uninstalle the version of Open Office prior to trying this. Thanks for any and all replies.

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: the error message means the Calc package you tried to install depends on OpenOffice’s base “basis” package (ooobasis3.1-core01). OpenOffice from the site is shipped as many interdependent .deb files, so installing a single module (calc) by itself will fail unless its required basis packages are already present. was correct that the distro package manager handles dependencies, and was also right to advise removing the distro OpenOffice first — leftover packages will cause conflicts.

Practical, safe workflow (run from a terminal; replace paths/names as needed):

# list any installed OpenOffice packages
dpkg -l | grep -i 'openoffice\|ooo\|ooobasis'

# remove any distro OpenOffice packages found (use the exact package names shown)
sudo apt-get remove --purge <package1> <package2>
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get update

# from the extracted OpenOffice folder install every DEB in the DEBS directory
cd ~/Desktop/OOO310_m19_native_packed-1_en-US.9420/DEBS
sudo dpkg -R -i .

# let apt fix any remaining dependency issues from repositories
sudo apt-get -f install

# install desktop integration only after the main DEBs are in place
cd desktop-integration
sudo dpkg -R -i .

Troubleshooting notes: do not try to install openoffice.org3.1-debian-menus or an individual module before the main DEBS are installed. If a conflict still mentions openoffice.org-core, remove that package explicitly (Synaptic is a safe GUI way to find/remove every OpenOffice-related package). If manual removals are necessary, check for leftover files in /opt (for example /opt/openoffice.org3) before reinstalling.

If avoiding manual installs is acceptable, the Ubuntu/apt packages are simpler (the package manager keeps everything consistent). The core point: install the whole set of downloaded DEBs (or remove the distro copy first) so inter-package dependencies like ooobasis3.1-core01 are satisfied.

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The package manager of your distro is there to handle and resolve dependencies. Now, if you want to use debian packages, install first a debian package manager (something like gdebi on ubuntu) because just unpacking won't work. Or, from the command line, you can use dpkg -i (check out the man pages -> man dpkg.)

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The package manager of your distro is there to handle and resolve dependencies. Now, if you want to use debian packages, install first a debian package manager (something like gdebi on ubuntu) because just unpacking won't work. Or, from the command line, you can use dpkg -i (check out the man pages -> man dpkg.)

I was using gdepi when I got that error message.

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Ubuntu has OpenOffice installed by default. If you read the error it states that what you are trying to do: Conflicts with the installed package 'openoffice.org-core'. This means that you are trying to install OpenOffice, but it's not letting you because you already have OpenOffice installed or at least part of it. If you really want to install a different version of the software then first remove the Ubuntu version (all of it) and then install the one you want to use.

Try running a search for OpenOffice in Synaptic and make sure that nothing is installed. Then you should have no conflicts.

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