[Solved] How do I completely uninstall LibreOffice?

[Bumpalot]

Using Kubuntu 14.10
I love Apache v4.1.1, but unfortunately it is having problems galore, mainly because I did not uninstall Libre Office properly. Tried Synaptic, but it only got partway - remnants of Libre Office remain immovable! Would appreciate suggestions.

[RoryOF]

Start computer.
Then in a terminal

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sudo apt-get purge libreoffice*

now expand the downloaded Apache OO file by double clicking on the .gz file
(from memory it expands into ~/en-GB). If you have already expanded it, good, no need to do it again!
[Note: US version users will find the expanded file in Downloads/en-US, depending on the precise file they have downloaded]

in a terminal (you can use the same terminal if still open)

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cd Downloads/en-GB/DEBS
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
cd desktop-integration
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
exit

Links to OO should now show up in the Office folder.

If you get an error along the way, stop there and report back - don't continue with the install.

[Villeroy]

If you want to keep LibreOffice (which is a good thing to have):

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cd Downloads/en-GB/DEBS
sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite *.deb
cd desktop-integration
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
exit

--force-overwrite affects the symlink /usr/bin/soffice only. It will point to /opt/openoffice4/program/soffice then.

Not sure: It may be that some language related packages with "libreoffice" in the name remain anyways because they are used by other programs (which is a good thing too; this is not Windows).

[Bumpalot]

bumpy@bumpyputer:/$ sudo rm */var/lib/dpkg/lock*
rm: cannot remove ‘*/var/lib/dpkg/lock*’: No such file or directory
Re: Libraoffice
- Ran Synaptic & removed all traces of Libraoffice (I hated using it!).
Re: Openoffice: Followed your install suggestion RoryOF - completed successfully!!
Question: In this part of the install procedure:
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.55ubuntu1) ...
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'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspt'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspu'...are the "Unknown media list errors?
Thanks again for your help guys!!

[RoryOF]

They are always there. I've never investigated them and they seem to cause no problems.

Incidentally, it is LibreOffice, with an "e" not an "a", just in case you need the name again, as computers are picky (as you are finding!)

Now, enjoy OpenOffice - take it easy at first and don't try anything too complex.

[Bumpalot]

I can't thank you enough!! Sure appreciate your persistence !
Will tread lightly with Libre Office for a while. By the way, spell checker squawked at the Libre in this line!! How ignorant!!