Openoffice Setup Fails after Upgrade on Sid

[Carl Brown <cbsled@verizon.net>]

I'm seeing a setup failure after an apt-get upgrade. 
OOo was previously working fine. After the upgrade failed, I apt-get remove(d) 
openoffice.org and apt-get (re)install(ed), yet the problem persists 
apparently unchanged. The setup output is as follows:

~# openoffice
OpenOffice.org for Debian - see /usr/share/doc/openoffice.org/README.Debian.gz
running openoffice.org setup...
/usr/bin/openoffice: line 281: 13905 Aborted                 (core 
dumped) /usr/lib/openoffice${VER}/program/setup -nogui 
-R:/etc/openoffice${VER}/autoresponse.conf
setup failed (code 0).. abort

I followed the instructions in README.Debian.gz so now I have debug output. 
This output means little to me, however, due to my cluelessness in such 
matters. 

Any advice on how to proceed would be appreciated.

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Carl Brown
Whitefield, NH USA