On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:59:26 -0800 NoOp <gl...@sbcglobal.net> dijo: > Let's start over to see if we can get you back on track. *Nothing below > will have any effect on your exisiting 2.4.1 installation.* > > Uninstall 3.0. > > Note: We'll backup your OOo 3.0 profile so that you can still use it > with the reinstall. However, if OOo 3.0 is still crashing afterwards, > then I'd delete ~/.openoffice.org2 and start with a fresh profile. > > 1. In Synaptic search for 'ooo'. Click the 'S' column header (S Package > Installed Version). That will bring the 'installed' packages to the top > (green boxes filled in). Click on the first 3.0 package (oobasis3.0... > is most likely), hold the Shift key down and scroll down to the last 3.0 > package & click it. That will select all of the install 3.0 packages. > Right-click and "Mark for complete removal". Click Apply and when > finished exit Synaptic. > > 2. Open a terminal and backup your .openoffice.org files: > > cp -r ~/.openoffice.org ~/x-.openoffice.org-x > > [that makes a copy of your 2.4.1 profile] > > cp -r ~/.openoffice.org2 ~/x-.openoffice.org2-x > > [that makes a copy of your 3.0 profile] > > gksu nautilus > > [that opens nautilus in superuser mode] > > 3. In superuser mode of Nautilus, go to the /opt folder (File System) > and delete /opt/openoffice.org and /opt/openoffice.org3. Both of those > folders are for 3.0. If you have any other OOo folders (example: > /ooo-dev /ooo-dev3) delete those as well. > > Exit the superuser mode of Nautilus. > > 4. Return to the terminal and cd to where the OOo 3.0 deb files are and > reinstall: > > cd ~/jjj/Software/OOo/DEBS/ > sudo dpkg -i *.deb > > Now go to "2 Creating A Launcher" in > http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-openoffice-3.0.0-on-ubuntu-8.04 > and create a simple menu launcher for OOo 3.0. Test.
Thanks for the detailed instructions. I followed them to the letter. When I used the soffice launcher that I created a window popped up telling me that I should file an error report with OOo. I told it to skip the report. It then displayed the splash screen. I clicked to open a Writer document, whereupon it crashed completely. That is exactly the state it was in before I purged everything and reinstalled with your instructions. Since I had the backups of the config files I decided to rename .openoffice.org2 just to see if the config file is the source of the trouble. Supposedly it will generate a new one. However, when I relaunched it I couldn't get it to stay up long enough to create a new config file. So then I relaunched it with the intent of following through with the error report instead of skipping it. I did so and the report was sent off. This left me with the splash screen again. But instead of immediately opening a Writer document I exited the program. My plan was to clear out the error status. After closing it down I relaunched it. My plan worked - the splash screen came up without the error message. I clicked to open a Writer document, and it crashed again. At this point I can't even launch it. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
