Updating OpenOffice on Etch

• Download from : http://openoffice.bouncer.osuosl.org/?product=OpenOffice.org&os=linuxinteldeb&lang=en-US&version=2.3.1
• tar xzvf filename.tar.gz
• dpkg -i *.deb

Very strange !! clicking the menu entries openoffice wont run !!! Wait, there's one more trick ;-) You gotta make sure no other previous instances of "soffice" or "soffice.bin" was running.

• killall soffice

... and voila, suddenly everything works !!!