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Comment 5 for bug 138631

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Randy Fischer (randy-fischer) wrote : Re: [Bug 138631] Re: openoffice appears installed, but openoffice binary missing

On 9/10/07, Cesare Tirabassi <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Have you by any chance installed (from source or something else) a
> different OpenOffice.org?
> I believe the problem is this symlink:

Not that I'm aware of.

/usr/bin/openoffice -> ooo-wrapper
>
> which is pointing to the wrong executable. It should be:

yeah, odd, ooo-wrpapper doesn't even exist on this system , either

/usr/bin/openoffice -> ooffice
>
> I expect that changing the symlink will solve the problem, but I don't
> understand why you have got it in the first place. The package is
> correct, so its not a packaging problem; any other explanation?

Well, that works for me - pretty odd.

Thanks for explaining.

-Randy Fischer