Precise -> Trusty upgrade Libreoffice question

[cscj01]

I am running 14.04.1 x64 with Gnome Flashback. My question concerns some Libreoffice entries in /opt. When I upgraded from 12.04.5, Libreoffice 4.2.4.2 was installed. Libreoffice 3.3 was not removed. Are the Libreoffice items in /opt part of 3.3? I used Synaptic to remove completely 3.3, but these items seem to be outliers from 3.3. 4.2.4.2 seems to be installed in /usr. Is there any way to tell?

[ajgreeny]

Have you at some time in the past installed LO using the downloaded installer of .deb files direct from LO?
That will have, or at least it used to do it that way, put all the package's files in /opt rather than the more standard arrangement when installing from repos.

What output do you get from commands
whereis libreoffice
which libreoffice and which number version opens when you use command libreoffice?

[cscj01]

No, I have only installed Libreoffice through Synaptic.
whereis libreoffice
libreoffice: /usr/bin/libreoffice /etc/libreoffice /usr/lib/libreoffice /usr/bin/X11/libreoffice /usr/share/libreoffice /usr/share/man/man1/libreoffice.1.gz
which libreoffice
/usr/bin/libreofficeLO 4.2.4.2 opens with the "libreoffice" command.

So I presume it is safe to delete the Libreoffice folder in /opt?

[ajgreeny]

I should think it's safe to remove it, but lets see the output of
ls -l /opt/libreoffice first to see what it contains, and also look in your running LO Tools ->Options ->Libreoffice ->Paths to see if for some reason your configs for LO are sitting in /opt instead of where they should be in your home.

[cscj01]

All of my LO paths are in home, so that is okay.

Here's the command:
ls -l /opt/libreoffice
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Aug 12 23:40 share
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Feb 8 2011 ure
I fould a linked folder in /usr/lib/libreoffice named ure-link. Here is it's target:
ls -al /usr/lib/libreoffice/ure-link
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Jun 18 06:31 /usr/lib/libreoffice/ure-link -> ../ure

[ajgreeny]

All of my LO paths are in home, so that is okay.

Here's the command:
ls -l /opt/libreoffice
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Aug 12 23:40 share
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Feb 8 2011 ure
I fould a linked folder in /usr/lib/libreoffice named ure-link. Here is it's target:
ls -al /usr/lib/libreoffice/ure-link
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Jun 18 06:31 /usr/lib/libreoffice/ure-link -> ../ure
OK, so what is in those two folders in /opt/libreoffice?
I forgot the -R (recursive) option so now try command
ls -lR /opt/libreoffice

[cscj01]

Here is the command results:
ls -lR /opt/libreoffice
/opt/libreoffice:
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Aug 12 23:40 share
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Feb 8 2011 ure

/opt/libreoffice/share:
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 7 2011 prereg
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 7 2011 uno_packages

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg:
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 8 2011 bundled

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled:
total 20
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12288 Feb 8 2011 extensions.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1 Feb 8 2011 lastsynchronized
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Feb 7 2011 registry

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry:
total 28
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 7 2011 com.sun.star.comp.deployment.bundle.PackageRegistr yBackend
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 2011 com.sun.star.comp.deployment.component.PackageRegi stryBackend
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Feb 8 2011 com.sun.star.comp.deployment.configuration.Package RegistryBackend
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 7 2011 com.sun.star.comp.deployment.executable.PackageReg istryBackend
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Feb 8 2011 com.sun.star.comp.deployment.help.PackageRegistryB ackend
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 7 2011 com.sun.star.comp.deployment.script.PackageRegistr yBackend
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 7 2011 com.sun.star.comp.deployment.sfwk.PackageRegistryB ackend

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.bundle.PackageRegistr yBackend:
total 12
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11230 Feb 8 2011 backenddb.xml

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.component.PackageRegi stryBackend:
total 196
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2578 Feb 8 2011 backenddb.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42496 Feb 8 2011 common_.rdb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42496 Feb 8 2011 common.rdb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 142 Feb 8 2011 Linux_X86_64rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48128 Feb 8 2011 Linux_X86_64_.rdb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48128 Feb 8 2011 Linux_X86_64.rdb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 246 Feb 8 2011 unorc

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.configuration.Package RegistryBackend:
total 72
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 7 2011 3OfAC3
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 7 2011 3OfAC3_
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 8 2011 3U6kNP
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 2011 3U6kNP_
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11248 Feb 8 2011 backenddb.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 7 2011 bwe3e7
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 7 2011 bwe3e7_
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 7 2011 cK4vx8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 7 2011 cK4vx8_
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3332 Feb 8 2011 configmgr.ini
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 7 2011 DrI9nz
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 7 2011 DrI9nz_
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 8 2011 H6UxRZ
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 2011 H6UxRZ_
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 7 2011 JsW2hn
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 7 2011 JsW2hn_
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 7 2011 nDQbEI
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 7 2011 nDQbEI_
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 7 2011 nf05It
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 7 2011 nf05It_
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12288 Feb 7 2011 registered_packages.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 7 2011 Rji3i3
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 7 2011 Rji3i3_
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 7 2011 tENnmv
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 7 2011 tENnmv_
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 8 2011 zVsYqi
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 2011 zVsYqi_

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.configuration.Package RegistryBackend/3OfAC3_:
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2015 Feb 7 2011 dictionaries.xcu

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.configuration.Package RegistryBackend/3U6kNP_:
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2015 Feb 8 2011 dictionaries.xcu

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.configuration.Package RegistryBackend/bwe3e7_:
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4125 Feb 7 2011 dictionaries.xcu

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.configuration.Package RegistryBackend/cK4vx8_:
total 12
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11036 Feb 7 2011 Addons.xcu

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.configuration.Package RegistryBackend/DrI9nz_:
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 478 Feb 7 2011 Paths.xcu

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.configuration.Package RegistryBackend/H6UxRZ_:
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4125 Feb 8 2011 dictionaries.xcu

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.configuration.Package RegistryBackend/JsW2hn_:
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 874 Feb 7 2011 dictionaries.xcu

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.configuration.Package RegistryBackend/nDQbEI_:
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 638 Feb 7 2011 Paths.xcu

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.configuration.Package RegistryBackend/nf05It_:
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6914 Feb 7 2011 OptionsDialog.xcu

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.configuration.Package RegistryBackend/Rji3i3_:
total 472
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 479800 Feb 7 2011 SunPresentationMinimizer.xcu

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.configuration.Package RegistryBackend/tENnmv_:
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3323 Feb 7 2011 Filter.xcu

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.configuration.Package RegistryBackend/zVsYqi_:
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 874 Feb 8 2011 dictionaries.xcu

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.executable.PackageReg istryBackend:
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 238 Feb 8 2011 backenddb.xml

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.help.PackageRegistryB ackend:
total 12
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 8 2011 2Bn4iK
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 8 2011 2Bn4iK_
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 734 Feb 8 2011 backenddb.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 7 2011 TLwtvs
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 7 2011 TLwtvs_

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.help.PackageRegistryB ackend/2Bn4iK_:
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 8 2011 en

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.help.PackageRegistryB ackend/2Bn4iK_/en:
total 20
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 508 Feb 8 2011 help.db_
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 8 2011 help.ht_
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 2011 help.idxl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4863 Feb 8 2011 help.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 236 Feb 8 2011 help.key_

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.help.PackageRegistryB ackend/2Bn4iK_/en/help.idxl:
total 12
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4089 Feb 8 2011 _0.cfs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 45 Feb 8 2011 segments_3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Feb 8 2011 segments.gen

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.help.PackageRegistryB ackend/TLwtvs_:
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 7 2011 en

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.help.PackageRegistryB ackend/TLwtvs_/en:
total 20
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 508 Feb 7 2011 help.db_
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 7 2011 help.ht_
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 7 2011 help.idxl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4863 Feb 7 2011 help.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 236 Feb 7 2011 help.key_

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.help.PackageRegistryB ackend/TLwtvs_/en/help.idxl:
total 12
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4089 Feb 7 2011 _0.cfs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 45 Feb 7 2011 segments_3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Feb 7 2011 segments.gen

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.script.PackageRegistr yBackend:
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 319 Feb 8 2011 backenddb.xml

/opt/libreoffice/share/prereg/bundled/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.sfwk.PackageRegistryB ackend:
total 0

/opt/libreoffice/share/uno_packages:
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 8 2011 cache

/opt/libreoffice/share/uno_packages/cache:
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 7 2011 uno_packages

/opt/libreoffice/share/uno_packages/cache/uno_packages:
total 0

/opt/libreoffice/ure:
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 2011 bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 2011 lib
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Feb 8 2011 share

/opt/libreoffice/ure/bin:
total 388
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 15504 Jan 19 2011 javaldx
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 8 2011 regcomp -> startup.sh
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 131248 Jan 19 2011 regcomp.bin
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 15520 Jan 19 2011 regmerge
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 12312 Jan 19 2011 regview
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1829 Jan 19 2011 startup.sh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 8 2011 uno -> startup.sh
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 204584 Jan 19 2011 uno.bin
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 124 Jan 19 2011 versionrc

/opt/libreoffice/ure/lib:
total 8464
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 66792 Jan 19 2011 acceptor.uno.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 807496 Jan 19 2011 bootstrap.uno.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 54920 Jan 19 2011 bridgefac.uno.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 60776 Jan 19 2011 connector.uno.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 144520 Jan 19 2011 introspection.uno.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 50504 Jan 19 2011 invocadapt.uno.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 79344 Jan 19 2011 invocation.uno.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 37936 Jan 19 2011 javaloader.uno.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 132760 Jan 19 2011 javavm.uno.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1798 Jan 19 2011 JREProperties.class
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 367 Jan 19 2011 jvmfwk3rc
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 17592 Jan 19 2011 libaffine_uno_uno.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 63488 Jan 19 2011 libgcc3_uno.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 55440 Jan 19 2011 libgcc_s.so.1
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 144904 Jan 19 2011 libjava_uno.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 9120 Jan 19 2011 libjpipe.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 8624 Jan 19 2011 libjuh.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 136672 Jan 19 2011 libjuhx.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 25672 Jan 19 2011 libjvmaccessgcc3.so.3
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 119176 Jan 19 2011 libjvmfwk.so.3
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 15768 Jan 19 2011 liblog_uno_uno.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 114848 Jan 19 2011 libreg.so.3
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 19640 Jan 19 2011 librmcxt.so.3
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 979456 Jan 19 2011 libstdc++.so.6
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 111688 Jan 19 2011 libstore.so.3
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 800160 Jan 19 2011 libuno_cppuhelpergcc3.so.3
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 201456 Jan 19 2011 libuno_cppu.so.3
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 24824 Jan 19 2011 libuno_purpenvhelpergcc3.so.3
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 28600 Jan 19 2011 libuno_salhelpergcc3.so.3
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 2020624 Jan 19 2011 libuno_sal.so.3
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 11536 Jan 19 2011 libunsafe_uno_uno.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 157688 Jan 19 2011 liburp_uno.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1308168 Jan 19 2011 libxml2.so.2
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 29512 Jan 19 2011 namingservice.uno.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 34000 Jan 19 2011 proxyfac.uno.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 143664 Jan 19 2011 reflection.uno.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 42024 Jan 19 2011 remotebridge.uno.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 132976 Jan 19 2011 stocservices.uno.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 182112 Jan 19 2011 streams.uno.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 81016 Jan 19 2011 sunjavaplugin.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 34408 Jan 19 2011 textinstream.uno.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 29976 Jan 19 2011 textoutstream.uno.so
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 403 Jan 19 2011 unorc
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 29584 Jan 19 2011 uuresolver.uno.so

/opt/libreoffice/ure/share:
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 2011 java
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 2011 misc

/opt/libreoffice/ure/share/java:
total 428
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4206 Jan 19 2011 java_uno.jar
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 55553 Jan 19 2011 juh.jar
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 107629 Jan 19 2011 jurt.jar
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 257599 Jan 19 2011 ridl.jar
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 3679 Jan 19 2011 unoloader.jar

/opt/libreoffice/ure/share/misc:
total 1048
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1272 Jan 19 2011 javavendors.xml
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 237568 Jan 19 2011 services.rdb
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 829952 Jan 19 2011 types.rdb

[ajgreeny]

It still looks as if you can remove all those folders in /opt, but for safety's sake, as I have no idea how they got there, it may be best to start, if you just rename the /opt/libreoffice folder as OLD to check that LO (and the rest of your OS and applications) still work properly without them.

sudo mv /opt/libreoffice /opt/libreofficeOLD

[cscj01]

It still looks as if you can remove all those folders in /opt, but for safety's sake, as I have no idea how they got there, it may be best to start, if you just rename the /opt/libreoffice folder as OLD to check that LO (and the rest of your OS and applications) still work properly without them.

sudo mv /opt/libreoffice /opt/libreofficeOLD
Okay, that seems appropriate to me. I'll do as you recommend. As soon as I check it out and it works (the power of positive thinking), I'll mark this as solved. Thank you for your help. It is most appreciated.

[cscj01]

Everything seems to be fine, so I am marking this as solved. Thanks ajgreeny.