[SOLVED] open office broken after aborted update to 10.xx

[keevill]

I have a user who rather stupidly attempted to upgrade his Jaunty to 10.04 - half way thru, he got fed up and rebooted.
I managed to get his machine to boot up with most apps working except OOfice.
He gets an error

OpenOffice.org 3.1 Fatal Error - the application cannot be started. The component manager is not avaiable.
How can I solve this?
I've tried to re-install / upgrade to 10.04 using an install dvd but I don't want to remove all the settings which it seems to want to do . It wants to either install 'side by side' or 'erase and use all the disk'. I would be happy to upgrade assuming it fixes the openoffice problem.
Alternatively, how can I repair the openoffice problem?
Simple way pls. I am a relative newbie.
Many thx ,
-keevill-

[nmset]

Alternatively, how can I repair the openoffice problem?

I would proceed this way, with no guarantee of success :

Uninstall openoffice from your distro's package manager,
Find all remaining files and delete them (find / -name "openoffice*")
Reinstall openoffice

If it doesn't get reinstalled, remove all relevant openoffice files and install from the installer grabbed from OpenOffice.org - The Free and Open Productivity Suite

[keevill]

I would proceed this way, with no guarantee of success :

Uninstall openoffice from your distro's package manager,
Find all remaining files and delete them (find / -name "openoffice*")
Reinstall openoffice

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Worked like a dream !
Thx,
-keevill-