OpenOffice 2.0 Installation Problem

From: Don (donsdxNOSPAM_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/13/05 

Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 09:50:42 -0800

I tried upgrading OpenOffice 2.0 from 1.1 on SUSE 9.1
but had a problem with a locked database. I rebooted
(Ctrl-Alt-Bkspace) and tried again. Same problem. I
changed to root and tried again. Success. No error
messages and everything seemed to install.

Problem is I can't find OO 2.0 on the KDE menu. There is a
menu entry for Office - Office Suite, but that opens OO 1.1
(which I thought would go away after an update).

If I click on an OO file in Konqueror, it opens the document,
but it is 1.1

Now I half expected to not be able to access OOo 2.0 since I
upgraded as root, but I thought that changing owner would
fix the problem. Live and learn.

Upgrade details:
I used the file,
    OOo_2.0.0_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz
and got the directory,
    OOO680_m3_native_packed-2_en-US.8968

I updated all the RPMs, including the SUSE menu file with
the command rpm -Uvh *.rpm.

Yast shows the rpms as installed but with lock icons.

Questions:
1. Where is the executable file that would start OO from the
   command line?
2. Do I have to change ownership of certain files? Which
   ones?
3. Should I remove OpenOffice with yast and start over? If
   so, what is the remedy to a locked database message?
4. Is doing updates as root a dangerous practice, or is that
   what you are suppose to do?

Thanks in advance for any replies,

Don 

-- 
suse 9.1, Linux 2.6.5-7.201-default
Processor: AMD Duron 1.3G
KDE 3.2.1, home desktop system.
Not a newbie  -- not as knowledgeable as most newbies.

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