Re: OpenOffice.org 2.0 installed?

[Ephemeral root <ephemeroot@bluebottle.com>]

Quoting Bruno Buys <brunobuys@gmail.com>:

> Well, /opt is where the files were written to,
> indeed.  But since dpkg was involved, the managing
> system got in the middle. In the end, I removed all
> the stuff, since apt-get can't do anything else
> besides complain, 'till you remove'em.  Thanks, I'll
> try your suggestion, but, since the OOo package does
> work, isn't it strange that dpkg can't be told to
> forget and leave it as is?  Where is the option
> 'you-know-what-you-are-doing'?

Actually dpkg can be told to mind-your-own-business
with the various --force- options. The problem, if you
can call it that, is with the higher level package
managers like apt-get and aptitude.