Jun-15; unable to install LO language pack.[SOLVED]

[whatever]

MX 18.3 en-US

Can't install another language pack for LibreOffice. Maybe they weren't built in MX repos?

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[dolphin_oracle]

have you disabled the MX repos? 18.3 ships with LO 6, not 5, and the pt-br language pack does install just fine here.

but those version numbers in your synpatic image indicate the debian-hosted versions, not ours.

[whatever]

have you disabled the MX repos? 18.3 ships with LO 6, not 5, and the pt-br language pack does install just fine here.

but those version numbers in your synpatic image indicate the debian-hosted versions, not ours.

Thanks, DO.

I haven't (yet) messed with the repos. It seems I have the Debian backports version and that repo was disabled.
The issue might be some missing keyring for MX repo.

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Reading package lists... Done
W: The repository 'http://mirror.adct.be/mx/mx/repo stretch Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: Failed to fetch http://mirror.adct.be/mx/mx/repo/dists/stretch/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 2a0c:b641:600:1::3 80]
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

If I enable Debian backports, then many apps, including LO, would be updated. That could maybe 'solve' the issue (discounting the problem with the MX repo).
Is it safe to use and leave enabled the Debian backports repo?

[whatever]

Ok, for some unknown reason, the MX repo was set to Belgium (I'm in Brazil). Now I used the MX repo tool and set it to the fastest mirror and there are no more errors in 'apt-get update'.
Also I had a look at the manual..

Next I'll upgrade and see how it goes.

Edit. The upgrade went well and the LO package was installed. I left the backports repo enabled but since enabling MX repo properly, now it doesn't seem to make any difference (maybe the MX repo has more priority? - doesn't matter for the while, maybe later I check).

One thing I noticed is that the apt commands (apt, apt-get, apt-cache etc.) don't have auto-completion. Is it really supposed to be so?