Re: OpenOffice.org 2.0 installed?
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.
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