Computer crashed in the middle of OpenOffice installation and now I have a problem

[Pawbla]

Well, I'm not sure if this should go here, but I hope so.
Anyways, well... My computer crashed in the middle of OpenOffice.org installation, and I had to reboot. I used the bad button because I couldn't move anything :oops:. Now I want to uninstall and reinstall, but it tells me I have to run "sudo dpkg --configure -a". I do so, and it freezes up again.
What can I do to correct this problem?

[wojox]

Try:


sudo apt-get -f install

[Pawbla]

Still the same message:
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

[Pawbla]

I figured out how to look for this in google (I didn't know exactly what to write in the search) and came across this post (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1150289). I did something similar to this and solved the problem (:. Thanks anyways!

[Pawbla]

Seems to keep crashing at OpenOffice install, though.

[phillw]

Hi, try this one ...

http://sayeed-linux.blogspot.com/2009/01/install-openoffice-3-in-ubuntu.html

Regards,

Phill.

[Hagar Delest]

In addition to the installation of the Sun version (note that you can download it from the OOo web site), you can reset your OOo user profile (http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?p=58403#p58403) (if there is one that has been created) but don't transfer your personal data during the welcome process (if you had 2.x before), configuration files from the former version might corrupt the new profile.

[Pawbla]

I didn't know it had changed versions. Thanks!

[Pawbla]

... still crashes.