Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
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As I mentioned in my original note, I downloaded the file from the
main OOo website. I didn't use 'alien' to convert it... or if I did,
I wasn't aware of doing that. I used the following set of
instructions that Daniel Carrera gave me some time ago, which may use
alien without my knowing it.
1. Extract the OOo download from the file browser GUI. [Jean's note:
I use archive manager to do this.] 2. Open a terminal and 'cd' to the
directory with all the RPM files. 3. Run this: for i in *.rpm; do
rpm2cpio $i|cpio -idm &> /dev/null; done
You live and learn. I'd no idea that cpio was a valid option for
installation; mind you, it's more than 20 years since I last used it!
Anyway, the bad news. I've installed OO.o 2.1 from the Swiss archive
that Thomas pointed me to and the Quickstarter is definitely greyed out.
and I haven't had much success in discovering how it works under Linux.
There doesn't seem to be a program (or script) with a relevant name, so
it will be some time yet before I can help.
Regards
Peter HB
