Hi. I am a newbie to Debian. Having issues with 2 things related to installing WPS Office. I know I can use libreoffice and openoffice, but there are reason why I enjoy WPS over the other two, which I won;t go into detail.
I download the official WPS Deb package for my Debian 11 Bullseye LXQt system, using both the gdebi and command line.
what I did.
1. I installed the WPS package on the website wps.com
2. I right clicked and installed with gdebi, and got an error software index is broken. I tried doing what they recommended without any solution,
3. So I tried command line option. I have the WPS deb file located on my desktop.
rms@hp-pavilion:~/Desktop$ sudo aptitude install wps-office_11.1.0.10976.XA_amd64.deb
and I get this error
Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "wps-office_11.1.0.10976.XA_amd64.deb"
Unable to apply some actions, aborting
What can I do to solve these 2 errors and install WPS on my system? I haven't found any solution online for my particular case. Thank you.
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Error Installing WPS Office
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Re: Error Installing WPS Office
Open a terminal in the directory containing the .deb then
If it gives that software index error again, do
If that doesn't fix it, you have more serious issues. It would have helped to post exactly what message gdebi returned.
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apt install ./wps-office_11.1.0.10976.XA_amd64.deb
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apt update
“ computer users can be divided into 2 categories:
Those who have lost data
...and those who have not lost data YET ” Remember to BACKUP!
Those who have lost data
...and those who have not lost data YET ” Remember to BACKUP!
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Re: Error Installing WPS Office
Thank you sunrat, will try that shortly when I get to my computer. I'll try to post the error message of gdebi, but wasn't able to select and copy the text. Maybe I'm able to submit a screenshot here?
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Re: Error Installing WPS Office
It seems like WPS installed correctly with that command line code that you gave me, and I really thank you for the help. But for some reason I wasn't able to replicate the error again with gdebi.
I just don't understand, with the command line code that I used to install WPS, why that didn't work, and gave me back an error message?
I just don't understand, with the command line code that I used to install WPS, why that didn't work, and gave me back an error message?
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Re: Error Installing WPS Office
The apt command requires the path to be specified for a local .deb install, either full path or "./" prefix to denote the current working directory. Otherwise it thinks you want to install from the repositories.michaellanfield wrote: ↑2022-05-21 21:28I just don't understand, with the command line code that I used to install WPS, why that didn't work, and gave me back an error message?
I guess aptitude is the same.
“ computer users can be divided into 2 categories:
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