[cw-discuss] Upgrade caches bad HOME dir

[Paul Waldo]

Hi Brian,

Somehow crossover is getting my old username from somewhere else.  I did as 
you suggested and still have the problem (see transcript below).  I'm baffled 
as to where it might be finding the old username!

******TRANSCRIPT FOLLOWS*********
paul at aphrodite ~
$ rm -rf ~/cxoffice/ ~/.cxoffice/ ~/.loki/ ~/.netscape/

paul at aphrodite ~
$ sh 
~/documents/download/linux/crossover-office/install-crossover-standard-6.2.0.sh
Verifying archive integrity...OK
Uncompressing CrossOver Linux Standard
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/NX/lib/libesddsp.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be 
preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/NX/lib/libesd.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be 
preloaded: ignored.
install
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/NX/lib/libesddsp.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be 
preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/NX/lib/libesd.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be 
preloaded: ignored.
cxmenu:error: unable to create 
the '/home/pwaldo/.cxoffice/desktopdata/cxoffice-0/cxmenu/xdg-applications/CrossOver' 
directory: mkdir /home/pwaldo: Permission denied 
at /home/paul/cxoffice/lib/perl/CXUtils.pm line 453

cxmenu:error: unable to 
save '/home/pwaldo/.cxoffice/desktopdata/cxoffice-0/cxmenu/xdg-applications/CrossOver/.directory': 
No such file or directory
cxmenu:error: unable to create 
the '/home/pwaldo/.cxoffice/desktopdata/cxoffice-0/cxmenu/xdg-kde-applications/CrossOver' 
directory: mkdir /home/pwaldo: Permission denied 
at /home/paul/cxoffice/lib/perl/CXUtils.pm line 453

cxmenu:error: unable to 
save '/home/pwaldo/.cxoffice/desktopdata/cxoffice-0/cxmenu/xdg-kde-applications/CrossOver/.directory': 
No such file or directory
****** END TRANSCRIPT *********


On Friday 25 January 2008 10:11:35 am Brian C wrote:
> I have run into a similar issue.  You either need to review the
> documentation on the CX website on how to un-install CX before
> re-installing it, or you can manually rename or remove the folders listed
> below.  Doing this will remove your existing CX bottles so you will have to
> re-install your windows apps.  Hope that helps.
>
> /home/paul/cxoffice
> /home/paul/.cxoffice
> /home/paul/.loki
> /home/paul/.netscape
>
> On Jan 25, 2008 8:56 AM, Paul Waldo <paul at waldoware.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm trying to upgrade to CXO 6.2.0.  The installer is having problems
> > creating
> > the CrossOver menu and gives messages like this:
> >
> > cxmenu:error: unable to create
> > the
> > '/home/pwaldo/.cxoffice/desktopdata/cxoffice-0/cxmenu/xdg-applications/Cr
> >ossOver' directory: mkdir /home/pwaldo: Permission denied
> > at /home/paul/cxoffice/lib/perl/CXUtils.pm line 453
> >
> > cxmenu:error: unable to
> > save
> > '/home/pwaldo/.cxoffice/desktopdata/cxoffice-0/cxmenu/xdg-applications/Cr
> >ossOver/.directory': No such file or directory
> > cxmenu:error: unable to create
> > the
> > '/home/pwaldo/.cxoffice/desktopdata/cxoffice-0/cxmenu/xdg-kde-application
> >s/CrossOver' directory: mkdir /home/pwaldo: Permission denied
> > at /home/paul/cxoffice/lib/perl/CXUtils.pm line 453
> >
> > I used to be user pwaldo, now I am user paul, so /home/pwaldo does not
> > exist,
> > but /home/paul does.  It seems that the installer is storing my old home
> > directory, and not using the current home.  Any ideas?  Thanks in
> > advance!
> >
> > Paul
> >
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