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Howto eliminate Apache open office files

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February 8, 2014 7:44:56 PM

Gents:

Running Ubuntu 12.04.4 on Intel_1240:

I tried to download and install Apache Open Office. Apache was closed ... I was re-directed to source.forge and lacking expected markers generated a cluster-fyuck ... Apache open office files (evidently unpacked at ROOT) spewed all over my system. At one point I could see a whole infested screen-worth, but later searching on APACHE I can count less than a dozen.

Fortunetly I could eat-crow & reinstall a working LibreOffice. Do I stand any chance of riding myself of the Apache files?

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February 8, 2014 7:52:31 PM

This is why you should use the package manager to install things...

Your best bet is to look inside the OpenOffice tar file and see what files/ directories it contains then delete the local copies
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February 8, 2014 10:38:59 PM

Ubuntu does NOT support Apache OO so no help there. The "tar" file no longer exists ... I did push some buttons after download, but I couldn't tell you which ones.

When download came to ROOT as some-strange EN_* creature I had never seen or expected I simply stopped functioning rationally.

A previous Apache_OO 4.0 install went fine, when (A)the Apache site dumped a (B)clearly marked Apache-file into (C) /home/Download ... then even I could follow a scripted install, but now ... with unexpected source, entry and filename pure clusterfyuck resultrd!

So again I must say I can find NO *.tar file associated with the name APACHE. Mebby source_forge renamed it for all I know or mebby bit's all unpacked somewhere!
skittle said:
This is why you should use the package manager to install things...

Your best bet is to look inside the OpenOffice tar file and see what files/ directories it contains then delete the local copies


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February 9, 2014 10:17:02 AM

exisorry it sounded as though you installed via a tar file.

sudo apt-get purge openoffice*
sudo apt-get autoremove
should remove all OpenOffice.
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February 9, 2014 10:28:28 AM

BigS:

You nailed it. Upon the **purge** command I got a screenfull of responses containing the OpenOffice name -- I answered yes to every delete! Wonder why when I searched under *openoffice* I found nothing ?

Anyrate my re-installed LibreOffice still hangs around so that (fingers crossed) is unblemished.




skittle said:
exisorry it sounded as though you installed via a tar file.

sudo apt-get purge openoffice*

should remove all OpenOffice.


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