(gutsy) openoffice won't start

[Shane McKinley]

If that doesn't work, what output do you get in the terminal when you try to
start it?

user at pc$ openoffice

If there are any errors, copy and paste them here.

-Shane
http://www.hackosis.com

On Dec 23, 2007 11:24 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> On 12/22/2007 07:23 PM, Harold Bibik wrote:
> > On a fresh install of 7.10 Openoffice refuses to start (splash screen
> > pops up for 2-3 seconds and then disappears)...I've tried a few
> > suggestions, uninstalled, reinstalled etc but no luck...it works fine on
> > an updated partition but not this one
> >
> > ...anyone have an idea or a similar problem
>
> Sounds odd. When you reinstalled did you purge OOo as well? Because OOo
> is part of the Ubuntu meta files, safest way would be to do it via
> synaptic (search openoffice.org & select remove completely). That will
> also remove ubuntu-desktop, but that's OK, you can reinstall that when
> you reinstall OOo.
>
> Alternatively, you can try:
>
> sudo apt-get remove --purge openoffice.org
> sudo apt-get install openoffice.org ubuntu-desktop
>
> If that still gives problems, then perhaps try installing OOo from
> OpenOffice (use the DEBS):
>
> Without JRE:
> <
http://openoffice.bouncer.osuosl.org/?product=OpenOffice.org&os=linuxinteldeb&lang=en-US&version=2.3.1
>
> With JRE:
> <
http://openoffice.bouncer.osuosl.org/?product=OpenOffice.org&os=linuxinteldebwjre&lang=en-US&version=2.3.1
>
>
> Once downloaded, open Nautilus (file browser) & double click on the tz
> file to extract it to it's own directory. Rename the directory to
> something sensible like OOo231 then cd to /OOo231/DEBS and run:
>
> sudo dpkg -i *.deb
> cd /desktop-integration
> sudo dpkg -i *.deb
>
> Let it install then check Applications|Office for the newly installed
> OOo. Click on Writer etc to complete the installation.
>
> *If* that works file a bug against (U)OOo:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/
>
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