Problem reinstalling openoffice

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mi, den 24.03.2004 schrieb Steven Stern um 23:18:
> I've tried Google and the archives, without success.
> 
> For reasons that are best left obscure, I removed openoffice from my system.
> 
> I'm now trying to reinstall it. I've downloaded 
> 
>   openoffice.org-1.1.0-6.i386.rpm
>   openoffice.org-libs-1.1.0-6.i386.rpm
>   openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.0-6.i386.rpm
> 
> Attempting to install via
>   
>    rpm -ivh openoffice*
> 
> results in 
>     error: Failed dependencies:
>     libxpcom.so is needed by openoffice.org-libs-1.1.0-6
> 
> the file is on my system
>    # locate libxpcom.so
>    /usr/local/mozilla/MozillaFirebird/libxpcom.so
>    /usr/local/src/mozilla/libxpcom.so
> 
> How do I tell rpm where to find it?

>    Steve

Steve,

it is like with bugzilla: if it's not in there the problem does not
exist. Same it is with programs and libraries installed beside the RPM
system: it simply can not know about.

You either may install the RPM package which supplies the needed
library:

$ rpm -qf `locate libxpcom.so`
mozilla-1.4.1-18

or you may link the already from source installed library to standard
search path or you add your firebird library path to /etc/ld.so.conf and
run ldconf after that change. Of course you then have to install the OO
RPMs using --nodeps parameter (at your own risk).

Alexander


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