Install and use "System Monitor". You will find it in System -->Administration of the Menu Bar. This program will show a real time view of processes running. It helps here if you have 2 monitors working. Every time you hit a roadblock in the installation you will notice 2 processes related to OpenOffice have re-spawned. Kill them (I believe you right-click and choose kill) and then tell installation to continue. Unfortunately this tedium lasts for at least 5 cycles or more. It seems that every patch or program restarts OpenOffice , tries to install and then says Oops - Open Office is running, Hold It ! Wait-a-Minit!
sheesh It does the job. Saverio J Marasco Blue Juniata Consulting Mifflintown, PA 17059 "Working with computers since 1972" Jesus is the Rock of my salvation, I put my life completely in his hands --- On Fri, 2/26/10, FBClark <blainec...@gmail.com> wrote: From: FBClark <blainec...@gmail.com> Subject: [Bug 450569] Re: package openoffice.org-emailmerge 1:3.0.1-9ubuntu3.1 failed to install/upgrade: To: sammorx...@yahoo.com Date: Friday, February 26, 2010, 1:51 AM $ killall soffice.bin returned this for me each time I ran it and the update still failed. soffice.bin(2274): Operation not permitted soffice.bin: no process found Any other ideas? -- 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 direct subscriber of the bug. Status in “docvert” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “docvert” source package in Lucid: In Progress Status in “openoffice.org” source package in Lucid: Fix Released Status in “update-manager” source package in Lucid: Confirmed Status in “docvert” source package in Karmic: Fix Committed Status in “openoffice.org” source package in Karmic: Fix Released Status in “update-manager” source package in Karmic: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: openoffice.org during a jaunty->karmic upgrade ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Oct 13 18:34:21 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: package openoffice.org-emailmerge is already installed and configured Package: openoffice.org-emailmerge 1:3.0.1-9ubuntu3.1 PackageArchitecture: all ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-13.44-generic SourcePackage: openoffice.org Title: package openoffice.org-emailmerge 1:3.0.1-9ubuntu3.1 failed to install/upgrade: Uname: Linux 2.6.28-13-generic i686 To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/docvert/+bug/450569/+subscribe -- 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