What does "Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through 'less' or 'more' !" mean?

[scharfshutze009]

What does "Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through 'less' or 'more' !" mean for a bash shell script being used to installl mulitple .deb files? Here's the script:


#!/bin/bash

#Made on Fri Nov 25 22:04:04 EST 2016

#Made by My Name

#Purpose to install Apache Open OpenOffice .deb files at once.

for i in openoffice_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-base_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-bran\d-base_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-brand-calc_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-brand-draw_\4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-brand-en-us_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-brand-impress_4.1\.3-1_amd64 openoffice-brand-math_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-brand-writer_4.1.3-1_\amd64 openoffice-calc_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-core01_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-\core02_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-core03_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-core04_4.1.3-1_\amd64 openoffice-core05_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-core06_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffic\e-core07_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-draw_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-en-us_4.1.3-1_a\md64 openoffice-en-us-base_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-en-us-calc_4.1.3-1_amd64 op\enoffice-en-us-draw_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-en-us-help_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffic\e-en-us-impress_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-en-us-math_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-en\-us-res_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-en-us-writer_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-gnome-in\tegration_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-graphicfilter_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-image\s_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-impress_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-javafilter_4.1.3-1_\amd64 openoffice-math_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-ogltrans_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffic\e-onlineupdate_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-ooofonts_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-oooli\nguistic_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-pyuno_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-ure_4.1.3-1_am\d64 openoffice-writer_4.1.3-1_amd64 openoffice-xsltfilter_4.1.3-1_amd64;

do dpkg /home/username/Downloads/Apache\ OpenOffice/en-US/DEBS/$i.deb; done

 

[michalrz]

You're missing an argument for dpkg.
dpkg -i packagname.deb

 

[scharfshutze009]

You're missing an argument for dpkg.
dpkg -i packagname.deb

What does the following mean though?:


dpkg: error processing package package name (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
package name

Using --install instead of -i helped for some of the packages, but not all of them and using --purge definitely didn't help.

 

[scharfshutze009]

What does the following mean though?:


dpkg: error processing package package name (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
package name

Using --install instead of -i helped for some of the packages, but not all of them and using --purge definitely didn't help.

This:


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -f install

seems to have helped.

 

[scharfshutze009]

This:


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -f install

seems to have helped.

but wait I still can't find it in the GUI using search so that I can add it to the side bar. Therefore, it looks like I'll be running it from terminal by typing Openoffice or something like that.

 

[scharfshutze009]

but wait I still can't find it in the GUI using search so that I can add it to the side bar. Therefore, it looks like I'll be running it from terminal by typing Openoffice or something like that.

Ok I launched it from command line as follows while substituting -impress or -draw in for -writer, but it just launched Libre:

username@hostname:~$ soffice -writer

Therefore, I wasted my time because I already had Libre and I was hoping OpenOffice was an alternative that may have provided a flowchart creation program alternative to Libre with working templates.