Cannot open "OpenOffice.*". The application cannot be started. The user interface language cannot be determined. This is what I get.

Tried to open with Alt+F2 (terminal) comes up with same error.

You can reinstall the whole OpenOffice.org using Add/Remove or Synaptic Manager. This could help. Be sure you are upgraded.

Uninstalled and Reinstalled using Add/Remove, no help done the same with Synaptic Manager with same results. Fatal error
??Be sure you are upgraded??

Normally programs should fall back to English if the desired language is missing...

In synaptics... search for the name "language" and check all the things for your language to installation. Also check "openoffice.org" to install. Then let the install run and, maybe after a reboot, retry to start OO.org.

You can also try to start OOo from the terminal, which can give hints what is wrong. Type:

    ooffice

And hit enter.

Greetings

Open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal and type, or better copy and paste a row a time then press enter: (if the system ask you for a password, please give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter)

cd ~

sudo chown --reference=. -R .openoffice.org
sudo chmod -R 0755 .openoffice.org

sudo chown --reference=. -R .openoffice.org2
sudo chmod -R 0755 .openoffice.org2

sudo chown --reference=. -R .openoffice.org3
sudo chmod -R 0755 .openoffice.org3

Then try...

if this dont' solve your issue please remove the directories, still using terminal cooy and paste, one row a time then press enter :

rm -fr .openoffice.org2
rm -fr $HOME/.openoffice.org
rm -fr $HOME/.openoffice.org2
rm -fr $HOME/.openoffice.org3

Then try...

Hope this helps

To heck with it. I reloaded 8.10. It works O.K. and lasst a long time.....