Problem on uninstall OpenOffice

Question

I installed OpenOffice 4.0 by Terminal. I would like to use back LibreOffice. Therefore, I referred to How To Uninsatall OpenOffice?. But it seemed failed. After I typed in sudo apt-get install aptitude, it showed E: The package openoffice-core04 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it. Also, icon is shown on the top bar. What happened?

Solution

I prefer you to go to the synaptic package manager there type "open office" in the search space. you will then find what applications of open office you have downloaded and from there you may uninstall open office completely. try to do this it might solve your problem. Remember that you have to install "synaptic package manager" first.

Comments

[Pandya]

Which version of Ubuntu?

[Admin]

It's Ubuntu 14.04.

[Admin]

I got the same problem after type in 'sudo apt-get remove --purge openoffice*', displayed 'E: The package openoffice-core04 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.' What can I do?

[Admin]

I got 'E: The package openoffice-core04 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.' every time I type the commands you provided. What can I do?

[Faron]

With this, it means, that your system doesn't have it any more. So, you will need to fetch the new set package from apt-get repository. I generally always use sudo get-cache search PACKAGE (replace PACKAGE with "openoffice" and it'll list the packages thus giving you more room to choose from the repository. If you were to reinstall, I made an edited addition to my answer above. Cheers