Desktop-integration problem?

[HowardJ]

I've been using OpenOffice since it was StarOffice 5.2 in 2000. No serious problem, but for the last few updates I've just re-installed it on top of the older version. This all works except for the desktop-integration when I get messages like:-

file /usr/share/application-registry/openoffice4.applications from install of openoffice4.1.13-mandriva-menus-4.1.13-9810.noarch conflicts with file from package openoffice4.1.9-mandriva-menus-4.1.9-9805.noarch

Since everything still works as it should apart from the icons saying it's 4.1.9. Each omponent is the new 4.1.13 - but am I missing something?

I even deleted openoffice4.applications from that directory, but I still got the message.

[Villeroy]

Your Linux distribution comes with LibreOffice which is by and large the successor to OpenOffice.org whereas Apache OpenOffice is a zombie. Since 11 years LibreOffice is the new OpenOffice. https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/li ... penoffice/

After you extracted the downloaded OpenOffice archive, notice that the desktop integration package is in a separate subdirectory.
cd ~/Downloads/extracted_AOO_folder/DEBS/
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
cd desktop-integration
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Edit: OOops, Mandriva is an rpm distro.

[HowardJ]

I was not asking for advice on which office suite to use, I'm happy with AOO after 22 years thank you. I only use LibreOffice when I have to - it's too windowized. PCLinux OS does not use sudo.

PCLinuxOS uses RPMs not deb. I was in the right sub-directory after 22 years of practice! It's a distant fork from Mandriva so I use that desktop integration. I have had this problem ever since 4.1.9 and it doesn't seem to make any difference, but I wondered if there was perhaps something missing from the menu options.

Thanks for trying to be helpful.

[Hagar Delest]

Are there any package from LibreOffice remaining? I remember some issues when the default packages from the distro for LO were not removed and caused such issue.

[Zizi64]

I was not asking for advice on which office suite to use, I'm happy with AOO after 22 years thank you.

Since the development of AOO is stagnant, its compatibility with newer versions of operating systems is constantly decreasing.

The best choice is to use the LibreOffice today.

[Jan_J]

All the remarks above concerning relations between AOO and LO are valid. But even so, you can try to fix the problem manually. Physical removing of the files is not a solution, since the package manager does not know the fact and reports conflict.
* first uninstall old activators module

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rpm --erase openoffice4.1.9-mandriva-menus

* then install the new one

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rpm --install openoffice4.1.13-mandriva-menus-4.1.9-9805.noarch.rpm

(here the parameter should point to the path of the „new” rpm file)
Of course you can use higher level managers (there are yum and dnf in RedHat, I do not know Mandriva equivalent).

[Bidouille]

Physical removing of the files is not a solution, since the package manager does not know the fact and reports conflict.

Which packet is in conflict?
You must remove all trace of LibO before install.

[Villeroy]

No, you don't have to remove LibreOffice. Just tell your package manager to take over /usr/bin/soffice which is just a symlink and the only file claimed by both office suites.

On a Debian system the operation would look similar to:
dpkg -i --force-overwrite openoffice-desktop-integration.deb

I install OpenOffice as secondary office suite. I simply omit the desktop-integration package and call /opt/openoffice4/program/soffice directly or though some link.