Re: [Sheflug] Open Office Registry?

[Pieter Meiring <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 26 April 2002 3:50 pm, you wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've got trouble with Open Office.
>
> * I installed OO-641 with the -net option as root in /usr/opt/ooo641.
> * I logged on as me, james, and installed the local install stuff in
> /home/james/ooo641
>
> Fine. But here's where it all started going pear-shaped.
>
> * I accidentally deleted /home/james/ooo641 (don't ask)
> * As 'james' I went back to the /usr/opt/ooo641/setup to reinstall the
> local files.
> * The installer said 'already installed. To remove a local install use
> the local setup' (which I'd deleted...)
> * As root I went back to /usr/opt/ooo641/setup -net and chose 'repair'
> * The files I wanted weren't restored.
> * As root I went back to /usr/opt/ooo641/setup -net and chose
> 'deinstall'
> * I deleted the existing but empty /home/james/ooo641 directory
> structure that was left.
> * I resintalled the whole of OpenOffice as root, with the -net option.
> This time I put it in /usr/opt/oo641
> * I logged on as me, james, and installed the local install stuff in
> /home/james/ooo641
> * And the installer said 'already installed in /home/james/ooo641'.
>
> How do I get rid of ALL of Open Office and start again?
>
> I've tried getting rid of the whole directory structures /usr/opt/ooo641
> and /home/usr/ooo641, but there must be some registry somewhere (in
> /etc?) that still tracks installs... Where is it?
>
> Cheers,
>
> James
> =====

Simply  delete the file:  $HOME/.sversionrc (a "hidden" file. Try "rm 
.sversionrc" in you home directory)

Pieter
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