Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 52697
can't install 1.9.118 - conflict with earlier 1.9.100
Last modified: 2005-08-02 10:43:48 UTC
1.9.118 won't install. It searches for 1.9.100 to uninstall and won't continue until it can uninstall it. The last beta I ran was 1.9.104. I've uninstalled all previous versions and deleted any leftovers I could find. Specifically, it is looking for: openofficeorg19100.msi I have removed all traces of earlier OOo's I could find (obviously not enough). There is nothing in windows add/remove. I've removed 104 from the windows\installer directory and manually from the registry. I have been running a series of the 2.0 betas (104, 100, 79 that I remember). Whatever "stuff" is left on my machine, I can't install fresh, and installation doesn't provide enough imformation to clear/reset any old issues. This can be a problem for the "general" market.
As a follow-up, I found issue #49405, which requests "Hello The end-user should be able to update OOo without uninstall the old version." That issue has had some follow-up discussions. I might not be the only one hosed like this. From my view, an uninstallable tool is a major bug, especially when the user removed the old one (oopsie) to get it working. Since many OS's can be confused with multiple versions, especially windows, maybe there should be a focused method to uninstall any found versions - maybe these would be downloaded on the fly, so a simple installation doesn't explode in disk space. I guess this would require automated removal script creation, and obviously isn't already there for previous versions. Thanks, John
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