> > It's not that simple. A lot of newbies dive into testing or unstable
> > because they "have" to have the newest stuff, then they don't know
> > what to do when their system breaks.
> So it's Debian's *fault* that newbies whine when they make no effort
> to read the Debian web site?
Gentlemen:
My original question has morphed into something other than I intended. Firstly, I did not whine about Debian. I simply stated IMHO OpenOffice 2 is an important piece of software, important enough to get into Testing ASAP and provide debs for Sarge. No one has to agree with my *opinion*. It is simply feedback from someone who has used Linux for three years (I'm only a newbie to Debian).
Secondly, I did in fact make an effort to determine if I could get OpenOffice onto Sarge easily (i.e. from a repository or deb packages - these options do not yet appear available). More and more I want Linux to be easy to use, stable (as in Sarge), open, and have good software - this led me to Debian. I "need" OO Base because I need an MS Access like application for Linux, and I need it now! Access has been around for like 10+ years.
The following are my install notes for OO2 on Debian Sarge. More formal instruction can be found at: http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.0/instructions.html.
I have not yet used 002 enough to state that all works well and that it is stable on Sarge :).
================================
OpenOffice 2.0 Install (my notes)
=================================
0- Uninstall your current OpenOffice version.
If you keep it see the README files.
1- Make sure Jave 1.4+ is installed:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] dpkg -l jre*
ii j2re1.4 1.4.2.01-1 Blackdown Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment
OK.
2- If not download and install (or from apt-get):
http://www.java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp
3- Download OpenOffice 2.0 from www.openoffice.org
File is OOo_2.0.0_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz
4- # mv OOo_2.0.0_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz /opt
5- # tar -xvzf OOo_2.0.0_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz
6- # alien --to-deb *.rpm
# rm *.rpm (no longer needed)
7- # cp desktop-integration/*.deb ./
8- # dpkg -i *.deb
9- # chmod 777 /opt/openoffice.org2.0/program/soffice
This step seemed but soffice was installed with mode 000
and therefore could not be executed (started).
> > because they "have" to have the newest stuff, then they don't know
> > what to do when their system breaks.
> So it's Debian's *fault* that newbies whine when they make no effort
> to read the Debian web site?
Gentlemen:
My original question has morphed into something other than I intended. Firstly, I did not whine about Debian. I simply stated IMHO OpenOffice 2 is an important piece of software, important enough to get into Testing ASAP and provide debs for Sarge. No one has to agree with my *opinion*. It is simply feedback from someone who has used Linux for three years (I'm only a newbie to Debian).
Secondly, I did in fact make an effort to determine if I could get OpenOffice onto Sarge easily (i.e. from a repository or deb packages - these options do not yet appear available). More and more I want Linux to be easy to use, stable (as in Sarge), open, and have good software - this led me to Debian. I "need" OO Base because I need an MS Access like application for Linux, and I need it now! Access has been around for like 10+ years.
The following are my install notes for OO2 on Debian Sarge. More formal instruction can be found at: http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.0/instructions.html.
I have not yet used 002 enough to state that all works well and that it is stable on Sarge :).
================================
OpenOffice 2.0 Install (my notes)
=================================
0- Uninstall your current OpenOffice version.
If you keep it see the README files.
1- Make sure Jave 1.4+ is installed:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] dpkg -l jre*
ii j2re1.4 1.4.2.01-1 Blackdown Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment
OK.
2- If not download and install (or from apt-get):
http://www.java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp
3- Download OpenOffice 2.0 from www.openoffice.org
File is OOo_2.0.0_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz
4- # mv OOo_2.0.0_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz /opt
5- # tar -xvzf OOo_2.0.0_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz
6- # alien --to-deb *.rpm
# rm *.rpm (no longer needed)
7- # cp desktop-integration/*.deb ./
8- # dpkg -i *.deb
9- # chmod 777 /opt/openoffice.org2.0/program/soffice
This step seemed but soffice was installed with mode 000
and therefore could not be executed (started).
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