[KLUG Members] OpenOffice 2.3 update

[bill]

On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 16:02, Tony Mattas wrote:
> 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.

could be, but

1. Didn't have to do that for 2.2
   - installing the 2.2 desktop-integration RPM worked fine for gnome

2. 2.2 no longer worked once 2.3 was installed
   - the desktop-integration for 2.3 didn't add anything to the menu
   - even the 2.2 shortcuts were gone


> 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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