Can't remove libreoffice3.5-dict-de package

Posted by Aaron Digulla on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Aaron Digulla
Published on 2012-03-21T14:57:08Z Indexed on 2012/03/21 17:39 UTC
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I just installed the wrong version of LibreOffice (x86 instead of 64bit). So I tried to remove it but I get this error:

> aptitude remove libreoffice3.5-dict-de
Couldn't find package "libreoffice3.5-dict-de".  However, the following
packages contain "libreoffice3.5-dict-de" in their name:
  libreoffice3.5-dict-de 
Couldn't find package "libreoffice3.5-dict-de".  However, the following
packages contain "libreoffice3.5-dict-de" in their name:
  libreoffice3.5-dict-de 
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.

The same happens when I try to use "Software Management". What's going on?

aptitude: 0.6.4-1ubuntu2
Ubuntu 11.10 oneiric

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