OpenOffice on Gutsy?

[Mark Fraser]

On Monday 13 August 2007 21:40:34 Graham wrote:
> I don't seem to be able to get OpenOffice to run under Gutsy.  I can
> see its installed in Synaptic and giving the
>
> ooffice -writer %U
>
> command through Konsole does not give any error messages, but Writer
> still does not run.
>
> Anybody got any ideas?

From the Kubuntu Tribe 4 Wiki 
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/GutsyGibbon/Tribe4/Kubuntu

 Besides the new release, Kubuntu also receives a new splash screen for 
OpenOffice.org that is, well blue! And to kick it up a notch, the splash 
screen is the only thing that works with OpenOffice.org at the moment. Yes, 
you heard right. OpenOffice.org is currently broken in Kubuntu for the time 
being and it isn't an OpenOffice.org bug either. This same bug is also 
causing problems with other parts of the operating system and should be fixed 
shortly. So without further ado, and seeing as we try to include screenshots 
of the applications running, enjoy the new splash screen in the following 
image. The current workaround is to install openoffice.org-gnome.

HTH