$ uname -a Linux gg 2.6.35-29-generic #51-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 15 17:13:54 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux $ cd /opt gg@gg:/opt$ ls Adobe ibm libreoffice vmware BitDefender-scanner JMF-2.1.1e ooo-dev zimbra calibre jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586.bin ooo-dev3 cycas39 jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586GG.bin openoffice.org google jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586GG.bin.bak openoffice.org3 Purge LO from Synaptic: Commit Log for Mon Apr 25 10:04:30 2011 Completely removed the following packages: libobasis3.3-calc libobasis3.3-core01 libobasis3.3-draw libobasis3.3-en-us libobasis3.3-en-us-base libobasis3.3-en-us-binfilter libobasis3.3-en-us-calc libobasis3.3-en-us-help libobasis3.3-en-us-math libobasis3.3-en-us-res libobasis3.3-en-us-writer libobasis3.3-extension-mediawiki-publisher libobasis3.3-extension-nlpsolver libobasis3.3-extension-pdf-import libobasis3.3-extension-presentation-minimizer libobasis3.3-extension-presenter-screen libobasis3.3-extension-report-builder libobasis3.3-gnome-integration libobasis3.3-impress libobasis3.3-kde-integration libobasis3.3-writer libreoffice-debian-menus libreoffice3 libreoffice3-base libreoffice3-calc libreoffice3-dict-en libreoffice3-dict-es libreoffice3-dict-fr libreoffice3-draw libreoffice3-en-us libreoffice3-impress libreoffice3-math libreoffice3-ure libreoffice3-writer Removed the following packages: libobasis3.3-base libobasis3.3-binfilter libobasis3.3-core02 libobasis3.3-core03 libobasis3.3-core04 libobasis3.3-core05 libobasis3.3-core06 libobasis3.3-core07 libobasis3.3-graphicfilter libobasis3.3-images libobasis3.3-javafilter libobasis3.3-math libobasis3.3-ogltrans libobasis3.3-ooofonts libobasis3.3-ooolinguistic libobasis3.3-pyuno libobasis3.3-testtool libobasis3.3-xsltfilter As you can see, Synaptic doesn't remove the /opt/libreoffice folder: $ ls Adobe ibm libreoffice vmware BitDefender-scanner JMF-2.1.1e ooo-dev zimbra calibre jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586.bin ooo-dev3 cycas39 jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586GG.bin openoffice.org google jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586GG.bin.bak openoffice.org3 So: $ sudo rm -R libreoffice gg@gg:/opt$ ls Adobe JMF-2.1.1e openoffice.org BitDefender-scanner jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586.bin openoffice.org3 calibre jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586GG.bin vmware cycas39 jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586GG.bin.bak zimbra google ooo-dev ibm ooo-dev3 Clean the database: $ sudo updatedb Now let's do the 3.4B2 install: gg@gg:~/tempdir/LibO_3.4.0beta2_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US/DEBS$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb Selecting previously deselected package libobasis3.4-base. 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Setting up libreoffice3-dict-en (3.4.0-103) ... /opt/libreoffice/program/../basis-link/ure-link/bin/javaldx: symbol lookup error: /opt/libreoffice/ure/bin/../lib/libuno_cppuhelpergcc3.so.3: undefined symbol: _ZTIN9salhelper21SimpleReferenceObjectE, version UDK_3_0_0 /opt/libreoffice/program/unopkg.bin: symbol lookup error: /opt/libreoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libxcrli.so: undefined symbol: _ZN4cppu11OWeakObject12queryAdapterEv, version UDK_3_0_0 find: `/opt/libreoffice/./share/prereg/bundled': No such file or directory Setting up libreoffice3-dict-es (3.4.0-103) ... /opt/libreoffice/program/../basis-link/ure-link/bin/javaldx: symbol lookup error: /opt/libreoffice/ure/bin/../lib/libuno_cppuhelpergcc3.so.3: undefined symbol: _ZTIN9salhelper21SimpleReferenceObjectE, version UDK_3_0_0 /opt/libreoffice/program/unopkg.bin: symbol lookup error: /opt/libreoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libxcrli.so: undefined symbol: _ZN4cppu11OWeakObject12queryAdapterEv, version UDK_3_0_0 find: `/opt/libreoffice/./share/prereg/bundled': No such file or directory Setting up libreoffice3-dict-fr (3.4.0-103) ... /opt/libreoffice/program/../basis-link/ure-link/bin/javaldx: symbol lookup error: /opt/libreoffice/ure/bin/../lib/libuno_cppuhelpergcc3.so.3: undefined symbol: _ZTIN9salhelper21SimpleReferenceObjectE, version UDK_3_0_0 /opt/libreoffice/program/unopkg.bin: symbol lookup error: /opt/libreoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libxcrli.so: undefined symbol: _ZN4cppu11OWeakObject12queryAdapterEv, version UDK_3_0_0 find: `/opt/libreoffice/./share/prereg/bundled': No such file or directory Setting up libreoffice3-draw (3.4.0-103) ... 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