StarOffice8

[yodelu]

 

Because the shell script scans the system to see if there is a current copy of StarOffice loaded, if there is, it aborts the load.  On my system there is not, but the shell script is reading something in a log file somewhere that tells it there is.

I told you to install an UPDATE of staroffice because the rpms are the same - of course they have different names and  size (only setup script is written in other way) ..
hope it helps..

[dangbert]

Sorry for the misread.  I have the update and will give it a shot.

I tried and it errored out saying Staroffice was not installed.  Tried the install of Staroffice again and got the same error messages as before, delete previous install.  Seems like a "Catch 22."


Thanks

Deb

[yodelu]

please attach here the update setup script (to take a look inside) because is a condition that have to be passed  

edit: original setup and its jar file because in the meantime i've downloaded update from sun site

[YouCanToo]

I guess that this is a prime example why they warn people not to install software from outside the Repositories. I wonder what other mishaps it will cause further down the line.

[dangbert]

In this case, that really is not a problem.  The total problem is with the StarOffice installer reading a log file "somewhere" that still has a copy of the previous install attempt.  As far as it effecting anything else on the system, there is about zero chance.

Deb

[pinoc]

well, as you can see it is a problem, specifically your problem. StarOffice is not supported, especially if we have a well working equivalent. Imo, this post should also be moved into Sandbox or Software.
-p.

[yodelu]

yes pinoc you are right  . But let's give him one more chance here to solve the problem because, after all, this could happen with any other package (hardware or power supply  problems) 
So our friend have to repair rpm database..
First make a backup of /var/lib/rpm folder   then:
rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
rpm -qa (this may fail in this case)
rpm --rebuilddb -vv

now ,during the rules of forum, i'm done with this subject
good luck


   

[Neal ManBear]

well, as you can see it is a problem, specifically your problem. StarOffice is not supported, especially if we have a well working equivalent. Imo, this post should also be moved into Sandbox or Software.
-p.

P,
Because the subject matter covers installing from outside sources, this is in advanced users. This is not a subject for the average user.

 

[dangbert]

Three things.

Thank you to all who have tried to help me resolve this item.  A very sincere thanks

Tried the RPM rebuild.  Everything worked as it should.  However, I am still getting the same error message. 

I have no problem at all doing whatever needs/should be done with this tread.  I did contact Staroffice and it seems they require a serial number, which they say was sent when I downloaded the original file (lo, those many years ago).  Since I no longer have the S/N this is, for all intents and purposes now a dead issue. 

I was hoping to find where they were reading, for general knowledge to the community as well as fixing my problem.  Since that is not going to happen, let's chalk it up to a good try and move on.

Thanks again to all

Deb

[sling-shot]

This is typically what happens on Windows. I install something. Someday I get fed up and delete the installation directory hoping it is gone. Later I want to either reinstall / update. But installer refuses saying that there is a previous installation. In this case usually some keys left in the registry.

You case is really frustrating because inspite of so much searching you are unable to locate the exact place where StarOffice is storing its installation data or some indicator.

Is there any software that will monitor all files accessed / changed / created during an install? Might help in future.

[yodelu]

Is there any software that will monitor all files accessed / changed / created during an install? Might help in future.

i just said before and now we are speaking in a general way
when you are installing a rpm package, header informations about that package is stored in /var/lib/rpm directory
In this particular case information about some package(s) is stored there but the package is not installed in fact
It is a procedure to clean-up rpm package databaseS (because is NOT only one file that store this specific info) and in this procedure you must have original rpm package that fail to install from one reason (eg: hardware failure while rpm package install)
If you want to have an win-linux equivalent when you are talking about where are stored info about installed packages, here it is:
/var/lib/rpm/  (part_of) %windir%\system32\config    

In our  PCLinuxOS Synaptic do the job very well when sytem not crashes hard like in this case
A software to monitor what ? hardware failures ? when really bad things happen you have to repair those things .. almost manually