[libreoffice-users] Re: How to switch from apt-get to ppa install

On 03/01/2011 11:19 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 6:55 PM, NoOp <glgxg@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> :
> > No. Your current install was done with dpkg and has nothing to do with
> > apt-get.
> >
> > Easiest way for you to purge (if that's what you'd like to do) is to use
> > Synaptic: System|Administration|Synaptic...|Search for libreoffice,
> > click the topmost left column header (S) and select all the libreoffice
> > packages & select 'Mark for complete removal'. Warning; that will remove
> > all LO configuration files as well; if you'd prefer to keep the config
> > files just select 'Mark for Removal'.
> I found that not to be entirely true - although I backed up my
> ~/.libreoffice directory before (re)installing LO 3.3.1, I found that
> the settings were all the same and survived Synaptic's complete
> removal.

I suspect that this is because it was installed via dpkg. I'm not sure
if 'sudo dpkg -r package_name' will remove the profile folder, but might
be worth testing.


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