[CentOS] centos 5.2 for real this time

[Ross S. W. Walker]

Donald Buchan wrote:

> Just reread your message.
> 
> I was still having problems with the 2.0 centos version 
> coming back even
> though I'd removed it.
> 
> I tried Ross' suggesting, it removed things successfully (for both
> 2.0.whatever and 2.4.1.)  But the new 2.4.1 won't install because
> "package jre-1.6.0_04-fcs is already installed".  Grrr.
> 
> I'm tempted to keep the 2.3 version that comes with the 5.2 upgrade, I
> didn't notice any difference between 2.3 and 2.4, and I won't have to
> constantly upgrade every time there's a "latest & greatest" OO.o ...
> (Seems that's why I like CentOS to begin with!)

You can remove jre-1.6 then install OOo, or download OOo that doesn't
include the JRE.

Make sure to uncheck:

Include the Java JRE with this download (This option is not available for Linux DEB and Mac OSX)

On the download page.

-Ross

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