Rainer Meier schrieb: > Hi Joe, > > Joe wrote: >> I'm trying to upgrade from openoffice 3.0 to 3.0.1. >> My error log shows... >> >> 2009-03-16 15:40:46, ERROR : Could not process (upgrade) package 'OpenOffice.org' (OpenOffice):|Exit code returned >> non-successful value (1638) on command 'msiexec /qn /i "%SOFTWARE%\openoffice3\openofficeorg30.msi" ALLUSERS=1 >> SELECT_WORD=1 SELECT_EXCEL=1 SELECT_POWERPOINT=1'. >> >> ...I can run the upgrade manually by double clicking the installation icon. >> >> Any tips as to what is wrong? > > I remember that I had problems with OOo 3.0.1 upgrade too. I ended up > simply adding an uninstall command for OOo 3.0.0 right before the > install off version 3.0.1. http://wpkg.org/MSI:_Windows_Installer Error 1638 means: "Another version of this product is already installed. Installation of this version cannot continue. To configure or remove the existing version of this product, use Add/Remove Programs on the Control Panel." I guess they didn't increase the package revision, that's why this error happens. Sounds like an upstream OpenOffice packaging bug. -- Tomasz Chmielewski |