Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing downloaded LO and removing downloaded OO

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 07:19:13PM +0100, Luuk wrote:
> On 15-02-11 19:13, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
> > Ubuntu 10.04
> > I downloaded and installed OO 3.3 direct from OO because I need the
> > integration with Thunderbird addressbook (the Ubuntu-supplied OO
> > doesn't have that).
> > I now want to replace that version of OO with LO.
> > I can do the install of LO but I can't find the syntax to uninstall OO
> > first.......
>
> The info is on their help pages, and did not change since version 7.04
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/7.04/add-applications/C/advanced.html
>
> so, form a commandline you can type:
>
> $ sudo apt-get remove /package
>
> 'package' should be replace by the name of the openoffice package, see the link for more info... 
> ;)

A better way to go would be "apt-get purge <package>" as root. This will
delete configuration files etc that apt-get won't.

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