Re: Oo bugs in Feisty

On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 12:50 -0400, Tommy Trussell wrote:
On 8/31/07, jack <jdangler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Oddly enough, in synaptic there are a few basic
packages that show as *installed* , but using the CLI with apt-get
-s
install, the response says *will install...* and lists the same
packages
(not sure why - maybe because of the -s arg), and a lot of
additional
packages that I would have thought were installed with the original
installation. Maybe a default kubuntu install doesn't actually
install
a complete Oo.

maybe the installation didn't complete.

Try opening a terminal window and type these two commands (each may
take some time to complete):

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

If you get any errors on either of those commands, there could be a
problem with your network connection or in your configuration.

No problems or errors with either of the above commands. This
installation has been running ok for about 5 months. Fresh install of
7.04 done in late April. All updates have been installed along the way.
Recently noticed a couple of bugs in Oo (mail merge, etc) that were
confirmed in launchpad, and a work-around I found on Launchpad in one or
two cases said that re-installing fixed part of the problem
(mail-merge). Since I need to use this feature for a school project, I
thought I'd look into a re-install. The kubuntu install doesn't use the
*full blown* oo install listed in synaptic; instead it just installs
writer, impress, and calc, and uses kexi for databases. The full blown
version seems to show oo for gnome in there as well (which I probably
don't need or want, since that would really bloat this installation).

Maybe just uninstalling what I have here, and then re-installing only
those components would do the trick? (I need to come up with a workable
solution since I use this laptop for work and really need to have office
working consistently...)

Thanks for the replies - I really am appreciating the help!

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