On (02/06/03 07:19), Thanasis Kinias wrote: > scripsit Clive Menzies: > > > After googling around and updating my sources list to include: > > > > Hit http://ftp.freenet.de testing/main Packages > > Hit http://ftp.freenet.de testing/main Release > > Hit http://ftp.freenet.de testing/contrib Packages > > Hit http://ftp.freenet.de testing/contrib Release > > Get:1 http://ftp.freenet.de unstable/main Packages [20B] > > Get:2 http://ftp.freenet.de unstable/main Release [125B] > > Get:3 http://ftp.freenet.de unstable/contrib Packages [8051B] > > Get:4 http://ftp.freenet.de unstable/contrib Release [128B] > > > > I have a dependency problem; the openoffice-bin file is not available. > > Further investigation suggests that the way to install on a mac is > > different. Please could someone advise how best to install the latest > > version of Oo on this G4? > > If you are running testing, you don't need anything special for OOo now: > 1.0.3-2 is in Sarge. All you need in sources.list is: > > deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sarge main contrib non-free > > (or an appropriate mirror)
Thanks Thanasis I'm actually running woody but apt-get install openoffice.org did the trick and I now have OOo installed and working ;-). Someday I ought to upgrade to testing but because it's been such a long haul to get thus far, I'm reluctant to tamper with it in case I break it. But maybe when feeling brave.... Regards Clive
