On 11/22/2010 06:43 AM, Craig A. Eddy wrote: ... > René > > It isn't so much that I administer a Debian release as that I USE a > Debian release and do what I can. What I do is what I have managed to > learn to do over time, but without any formal training in UNIX, Linux, > administration, coding, or anything else. That causes gaps in my > education that I freely admit. I feel no shame for what I have learned > OR for what I haven't learned. Not everyone can be as experienced as > you, nor can everyone feel as comfortable using CLI as you. It is, > however why I feel comfortable asking questions or asking for help even > from complete strangers who might think less of me for my asking.
Not sure which Debian distro that you are using, but if you are using Ubuntu you may find these helpful: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSoftware https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoftwareManagement http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/maverick/man1/dpkg.1.html and bookmark: https://help.ubuntu.com/ https://help.ubuntu.com/10.10/index.html https://help.ubuntu.com/community https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CommonQuestions Note: I _think_ there are similar for standard Debian & other Debian based distros. In general; to install LO .deb files on an Ubuntu system (for others that may have the same question): 1. http://www.documentfoundation.org/download/ Note the: "You can also download using BitTorrent, or browse all the Beta3 installation packages to get unofficial Debian packages (32-bit .debs or 64-bit .debs), or language packs." Click on the appropriate for your system (32-bit or 64-bit) 32-bit: o http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/3.3.0-beta3/deb/x86/LibO_3.3.0_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz 64-bit: o http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/3.3.0-beta3/deb/x86_64/LibO_3.3.0_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz Or just use the "browse all the Beta3 installation packages" link to: http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/3.3.0-beta3/ <http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/3.3.0-beta3/deb/> (32-bit example) <http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/3.3.0-beta3/deb/x86/> Download: LibO_3.3.0_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz 15-Nov-2010 16:57 164M Details Important: the 'Details' link will give you md5sum/SHA/hash information that you can use to verify the package download with. 2. Once the appropriate tar.gz file is downloaded; use Nautilus to browse to the file download. Right click the tar.gz file and select 'Extract here'. Nautilus will then automatically extract the contents & assign proper file permissions to a new folder: LibO_3.3.0beta3_20101115_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US (in the case of 32-bit). Under that folder you will find 3 subfolders: DEBS, licences, and readmes. The 'DEBS' (LibO_3.3.0beta3_20101115_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US/DEBS) folder is the folder that contains all the .deb packages. It also contains a subfolder 'desktop-integration' which contain the .deb package for adding LO to your desktop menus. Note the location of the LibO_3.3.0beta3_20101115_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US/DEBS folder. [1] 3. Open a terminal (Applications|Accessories|terminal) and cd to the location of the LibO_3.3.0beta3_20101115_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US/DEBS folder. Example: $ cd /home/<username>/LibO_3.3.0beta3_20101115_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US/DEBS Now install the .deb packages: $ sudo dpkg -i *.deb That will install all of the .deb packages in the system /opt folders /opt/libreoffice and /opt/libreoffice3 Now install the menus: $ cd desktop-integration $ sudo dpkg -i *.deb You now should have a working LO installed with menus added to Applications|Office|LibreOffice... If the menus are not automatically you may have to use: $ sudo update-menus or logout/login to get them to appear. Note: when you start LO, your LO profile will be located in: ~/.libreoffice/3/user (/home/<username>/.libreoffice/3/user) [1] You can do all of this from the terminal rather than using Nautilus. However I recommend using Nautilus to new users so that you will have an graphical idea of were the files are located. To do from the terminal cli only: I. Open the terminal and cd to the location of the .tar.gz file. II. Extract the .tar.gz file (again using the 32-bit file as an example): $ tar xvzf LibO_3.3.0_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz III. Now continue with #3 above. I'm sure that someone can take all of that & make corrections & possibly put in some pretty screenshots etc., but that is pretty much the way that I do my installs & HTH. One added note: if you wish to have multiple installs for testing purposes, I've found the basic instructions for doing OOo parallel installs helpful: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Run_OOo_versions_parallel Of particular importance is the section on: User directory configuration for 3.* versions -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***