As of 1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1.1 openoffice.org should always be giving an error message telling you to kill any running instances of openoffice.org before upgrading.
" OpenOffice.org running! OpenOffice.org is running right now with pid $PID. This can cause problems with (de-)registration of components and extensions Thus this package will fail to install You should close all running instances of OpenOffice.org (including any currently running Quickstarter) before proceeding with the package upgrade. " The $PID will be substituted by the process id of the running OOo. If you see this message, as at least some users have said they have, you need to close any running instances of OOo. If you don't see any running instances you can try killing the process using the terminal and kill (PID Number from above). That should kill the running instance of OOo. If the above for some reason did not report a PID number there may be a stale lockfile in the OOo configuration directory that needs to be removed. You can determine the path by running: echo `grep UserInstallation /usr/lib/openoffice/program/bootstraprc | cut -d= -f2 | sed -e 's,SYSUSERCONFIG,HOME,'`/.lock for me this is: $HOME/.openoffice.org/3/.lock which means you need to remove eg /home/(username)/.openoffice.org/3/.lock If you are not seeing the above error message but it still fails to install please follow up to this bug report letting me know. Thanks, Chris -- package openoffice.org-emailmerge 1:3.0.1-9ubuntu3.1 failed to install/upgrade: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/450569 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
