On Sat, 2011-10-08 at 14:19 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 11:39:14AM +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > > Hi :) > > Ouch! Perhaps just reboot the machine (rofls). That typical Windows > > answer has actually helped me in Ubuntu sometimes which was worrying! Just > > closing and then re-opening the package manager might help as they seem to > > do a bit of tidying and fresh scanning in the process. > > > > In no particular order ... > > > > Can you install the 64bit as though installing it in parallel with an > > 'existing' install (even tho the 'existing' one has been uninstalled)? > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel > > I'm not sure how that page does it so it might be fairly unhelpful. > > > > Have you tried re-installing the 32bit again and see if that has problems > > too? If not it might uninstall more cleanly 2nd time around or you might > > spot what's going wrong now you know to watch for problems. > > > > Have you used the package manager to search for installed items to do with > > libreoffice/soffice, checked the history of the last actions the package > > manager took? Again i am not sure if it would help but it's probably the > > easiest thing to look at quickly even if it's not helpful. > > I would be concerned with the reason the 32 bit program wouldn't run > correctly. Everything I've read says 32 bit progs run just fine on a 64 > bit system. >
On Windows 32 bit packages will often run on 64 bit OS but on Linux that is often not true. > -- > Bob Holtzman > If you think you're getting free lunch, > check the price of the beer. > Key ID: 8D549279 > -- Jay Lozier [email protected] -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
