I'm see symptoms already described here but I haven't managed to work my way out of my mess.
I had AOO 4.0.1 installed and running on Ubuntu 14.04.
I upgraded to Ubuntu 14.10.
I followed that by installing AOO 4.1.1 as follows.
$ cd en-US/DEBS
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
$ cd desktop-integration
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
It appeared to install. I found the applications through Unity interface but when I tried to launch one nothing happened.
After reading through discussions I have tried these actions.
sudo apt-get purge libreoffice* : it found 7 packages to remove.
Then, left only openoffice4.1-debian-menus_4.q.q-9775_all.deb in en-US/DEBS/desktop-integration. Then reexecuted sudo dpkg -i *.deb in /desktop-integration.
Apparently there were errors:
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.2-0ubuntu3) ...
Unknown media type in type 'all/all'
Unknown media type in type 'all/allfiles'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mms'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmst'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmsu'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/pnm'I
Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspt'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspu'
Is this the root cause of OpenOffice apps not running? Or do I need to back up further in the process and start again?
I suspect I skipped necessary steps or did things out of order, please set me straight!
[Solved] OpenOffice doesn't run in Ubuntu 14.10
[Solved] OpenOffice doesn't run in Ubuntu 14.10
Last edited by dwburt on Sun Nov 02, 2014 5:44 pm, edited 1 time in total.
OOo 3.0.X on Ms Windows XP
Re: OpenOffice doesn't run in Ubuntu 14.10
Now LibO has been removed I'd suggest reinstalling OO completely. The few unknown mime types are (from memory) shown in all OO/Ubuntu installs so shouldn't cause problems. Later today I'll try an Ubuntu 14.10 install to a fresh hard disk (Xubuntu 14:10) followed by OO 4.1.1 and see how it goes.
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 on Xubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Re: [Solved] OpenOffice doesn't run in Ubuntu 14.10
Yup, that was sufficient. Looks like I am in business again. The unknown mime types were still there. I think I learned that the upgrade to 14.10 re-introduced some Libre Office packages.
OOo 3.0.X on Ms Windows XP
Re: [Solved] OpenOffice doesn't run in Ubuntu 14.10
I've just upgraded to Xubuntu 14.10; my existing OpenOffice runs correctly on it. I have another machine upgrading to Xubuntu 14.10 and I will install OpenOffice 4.1.1 (first time install) on that, just to check any potential problems. I'll report back later.
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 on Xubuntu 22.04.4 LTS