please check that lib32stdc++6 and ia32-libs are installed and check that you do have recent versions. /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.6 should be present. We certainly would have more reports, if this occurred on every system. Are any packages installed from non-Ubuntu sources? Is this a system converted from Debian?
Symlinking incompatible shared libraries is likely to break your system, not only OOo. ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Needs Info -- openoffice does not start on amd64 https://launchpad.net/bugs/49667 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs