[KLUG Members] OpenOffice 2.3 update

[Tony Mattas]

I believe you actually have to use on of RH's RPM's on RH to get it to 
show up in the list. Oo is mainly a Java application for all desktops, 
not just gnome, so its not always intelligent on where to install to.

bill wrote:
> Just a FYI
>
> An attempted upgrade to Open Office 2.3 hosed my OO installation.  I
> thought those who haven't updated to 2.3 yet might want to hear a
> warning.
>
> I have had Open Office installed on one machine since version 1.0 (an
> old RedHat 9 box).  
>
> I updated to OO 2.2 some time back.
>
> While running 2.2, it notified me that a new version, 2.3 was available.
>
> So, I went ahead and let it download the new version.
>
> The new version came with a neat script called "setup" which was
> executable.  So, I ran that.
>
> After it was done, not only did I not have 2.3, I didn't have 2.2 at all
> either.
>
> All the options for Open Office 2.x in the start menu in Gnome were gone
> too.
>
> The only Open Office I could get to run was a very old 1.0.
>
> Yikes!
>
> I tried several reboots and re-installs.  Nothing worked.
>
> I uninstalled 2.3 and found the old RPMS for 2.2 and re-installed those,
> as well as the desktop-integration rpm.
>
> Now, I'm back where I started with 2.2 working, just several hours
> poorer, and leery of trying 2.3 again.
>
>
>
> kind regards,
>
> bill
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