Try selecting purge as the option for the software. Once removed clean up (ie. remove) any settings or folders in your home directory (eg. rm -fr .openoffice)
Then run apt-get clean from the command prompt (either as root or by using sudo). Finally run your package manager (Synaptic) and install what should now be a fresh copy of open office. Cheers On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 13:40 -0600, Michael Walters wrote: > Michael Walters wrote: > > >Hello All, > > > >I marked the openoffice.bin package for reinstallation in the GUI > >Synaptic package and appplied it and then successfully opened one of my > >spread sheets and successfully printed it out. > > > >I then started a new spread sheet and open office crashed again. I will > >open open office again using the oofice dm200506.sxc command and see > >whether any thing is different this time. > > > > > > > __________________________________________ > > When I did an ooffice dm200506.sxc Open Office again said a lockfile was > found and a similar set of error messages was generated except that the > numbers and dates were different. > > Should I select all the packages already selected for reinstallation > using the GUI synaptic package manager and then apply it to reinstall > everything? Are there any other suggestions? > > All help appreciated in advance. > > Regards, > > Michael Walters > > >I will let you know the results of that action. Any help appreciated in > >advance. > > > >Regards, > > > >Michael Walters > > > >Michael Walters wrote: > > > > > > > >>Hello Michael Gale, > >> > >>I went to the adminmenu in Libranet, selected openoffice.org and marked > >>it for reinstallation. I then applied it, and libranet downloaded and > >>reinstalled one package. > >> > >>I then opened one of my open office documents and open office crashed > >>again. If you or Mel Broadhurst has any suggestions, all help is > >>appreciated in advance. > >> > >>Regards, > >> > >>Michael > >> > >> > >>Michael Gale wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>>Hello, > >>> > >>> Have you tried reinstall the OO package for your distro (Libnet > >>>??) or installing the OO binary directly from the OO site ? > >>> > >>>Michael > >>> > >>> > >>>Michael Walters wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Hello Michael Gale, > >>>> > >>>>I looked in the lock file and found the following: > >>>>Lockdata > >>>>User=michael > >>>>Host=fidelio > >>>>Stamp=38C3AD9EDBCC6572ADADF9FC29901DC5 > >>>>Time= Wed July 6 16:49:39 2005 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>I then deleted the .lock file and tried again and got the following: > >>>>Locdata > >>>>User=michael > >>>>Host=fidelio > >>>>Stamp=10671903C083B28100019137598D64BC > >>>>Time=Wed Jul 6 20:27:16 2005 > >>>> > >>>>So every time open office is started up a new lock file is created, even > >>>>if I delete the old lock file. > >>>> > >>>>I hope this helps, > >>>> > >>>>Thanks in advance, > >>>> > >>>>Michael Walters > >>>>Michael Gale wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Hello, > >>>>> > >>>>> First I would see if that lock still exist, if so check what is in > >>>>>it and then either delete it or move it to another directory. > >>>>> > >>>>>Then try and start OO again. > >>>>> > >>>>>Michael > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>Michael Walters wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>Hello All, > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Please forgive me for starting a new thread, but I did an ooffice > >>>>>>dm200506.sxc command to open my dm200506.sxc spread sheet and got the > >>>>>>following: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>ooffice dm200506.sxc > >>>>>> > >>>>>>OpenOffice.org lockfile found > >>>>>>/home.michael/.openoffice/1.1.3./lock) > >>>>>>using existing OpenOffice.org > >>>>>> > >>>>>>sh: line1: crash_report:command not found > >>>>>>sh: line 1: crash_report: command not found > >>>>>>Fatal exception: Signal 11 > >>>>>>Stack: > >>>>>>/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsal.so.3[oxb72df3ec] > >>>>>>/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsal.so.3[oxb72df579] > >>>>>>/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsal.so.3[0xb72df644][0xffffe420] > >>>>>>/usr.lib.openoffice/program.libsal.so.3[0xb72d475f] > >>>>>>/lib/tls/libpthread.so.0[0xb6ef1b63] > >>>>>>/lib/tls/libc/so.6(__clone+0xa)[0xb6ce418a] > >>>>>>Aborted > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Sorry to start this new thread called open office problem, but I have > >>>>>>tried on my own to use this information to fix open office and failed, > >>>>>>and I hoped that someone might be able to help me get open office > >>>>>>working again. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>I would also like to know how I select and paste the results of the > >>>>>>ooffice command into my email so that I do not make any mistakes > >>>>>>copying > >>>>>>the output into my book and from my book into my email. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>From now on I will use the open office problem thread for all help on > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>this problem until I solve it. That way your filters will work in > >>>>>>keeping me from clogging up your inbox. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Respectfully, > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Michael Walters > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > > ______________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying
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