Hello, I have the same problem on amd64. Please re-build OOo with the correct version of GCC and re-upload to dapper updates. This happens every time I upgrade openoffice or distribution. Actually in this instance I do not even recall the apt command that de-installed OpenOffice, which is all the more irritating.
I also get the error: wilber:~$ oowriter /usr/lib/openoffice/program/javaldx: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory /usr/lib/openoffice/program/pagein: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory ** (process:16784): WARNING **: Unknown error forking main binary / abnormal early exit ... Sure enough, there is a linking problem: wilber:~$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib ldd -v /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin | grep 'not found' libstdc++.so.6 => not found libstdc++.so.6 (GLIBCXX_3.4) => not found libstdc++.so.6 (CXXABI_1.3.1) => not found libstdc++.so.6 (CXXABI_1.3) => not found (much output deleted) It looks like the gcc version difference is the problem: wilber:~$ ldd -v /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x00002aaaaacc2000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaae48000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaf55000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x0000555555554000) Version information: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: libgcc_s.so.1 (GCC_3.3) => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 libgcc_s.so.1 (GCC_3.0) => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.3) => /lib/libc.so.6 libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.2.5) => /lib/libc.so.6 /lib/libm.so.6: libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.2.5) => /lib/libc.so.6 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1: libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.2.5) => /lib/libc.so.6 /lib/libc.so.6: ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (GLIBC_2.2.5) => /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (GLIBC_2.3) => /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (GLIBC_PRIVATE) => /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 wilber:~$ dpkg -s libstdc++6 | grep Version Version: 4.0.3-1ubuntu5 I currently have these OOo packages: wilber:~$ dpkg -l openoffice\* | grep ^i ii openoffice.org 2.0.2-2ubuntu12-1 OpenOffice.org Office suite version 2.0 ii openoffice.org-base 2.0.2-2ubuntu12-1 OpenOffice.org office suite - database ii openoffice.org-calc 2.0.2-2ubuntu12-1 OpenOffice.org office suite - spreadsheet ii openoffice.org-common 2.0.2-2ubuntu12 OpenOffice.org office suite architecture ind ii openoffice.org-core 2.0.2-2ubuntu12-1 OpenOffice.org office suite architecture dep ii openoffice.org-draw 2.0.2-2ubuntu12-1 OpenOffice.org office suite - drawing ii openoffice.org-gnome 2.0.2-2ubuntu12-1 GNOME Integration for OpenOffice.org (Widget ii openoffice.org-gtk 2.0.2-2ubuntu12-1 GTK Integration for OpenOffice.org (Widgets, ii openoffice.org-help-en-gb 2.0.2-2ubuntu5 English_british help for OpenOffice.org in openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-gb <none> (no description available) in openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us <none> (no description available) ii openoffice.org-impress 2.0.2-2ubuntu12-1 OpenOffice.org office suite - presentation ii openoffice.org-java-common 2.0.2-2ubuntu12 OpenOffice.org office suite Java support arc ii openoffice.org-l10n-common 2.0.2-2ubuntu5 common files for OpenOffice.org language and ii openoffice.org-l10n-en-gb 2.0.2-2ubuntu5 English_british language package for OpenOff ii openoffice.org-l10n-en-us 2.0.2-2ubuntu12 English_american language package for OpenOf ii openoffice.org-l10n-en-za 2.0.2-2ubuntu5 English_southafrican language package for Op ii openoffice.org-math 2.0.2-2ubuntu12-1 OpenOffice.org office suite - equation edito ii openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-us 2.0.2-3ubuntu2 English Thesaurus for OpenOffice.org ii openoffice.org-writer 2.0.2-2ubuntu12-1 OpenOffice.org office suite - word processor -- openoffice does not start on amd64 https://launchpad.net/bugs/49667 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs