Remove Openoffice Beta

[Charles Yao]

On 10/24/05, David A' Rebel <obsidion at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
>
> About Mon, 24 Oct 2005 20:26 Charles Yao wibbled about Re: Remove
> Openoffice
> Beta :
>
> >
> > Hi David,
> >
> > When I did the dpkg command it showed a few items on the list but when i
> > apt-get remove the packages it says that it is not there. How do I
> remove
> > the icons from the applications menu? I tried the add programs list and
> it
> > shpws that the packages are not installed.
> >
> > Charles
>
> Ok as to removing the icons, I'm guessing gnome rather than kde, sorry not
> familiar with gnomes methods. As to the packages showing have you tried a
> search in synaptic for what is still installed. I'm guessing it installed
> some icons somewhere like /usr/share/icons and that is where the menu
> pulls
> them from. Shooting in the dark a little here I'm sorry. While the dpkg
> showed there were some bits left the apt-get remove option can sometimes
> be
> very picky for instance you don't add the bits at the end of the package
> name
> just the basic package. If you've got aptitude installed it might be a
> cleaner easier way to do it. If you haven't install it and then run it
> from a
> terminal with sudo aptitude. I can't be clearer than that with the
> information you've given. If you give us the names of the packages still
> showing and that you tried to remove we may be able to figure out the name
> to
> give apt-get. However do try the aptitude route it may help better.
>
>
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David,

I searched the packages in synaptic and they had been removed already. I
think I got rid of it but now I have a problem with OOo 2.0. I dont know if
it is related. I posted the porblem on another thread.

Charles
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