On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:16:55 +0100 Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:23:07 -0700 (PDT) > "marc orlando" <marco9...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Dear dev, I need to ask a technical question that I need answered in simple > > language. A step format is welcome. I am moving to UBUNTU. The issue is > > that OPEN OFFICE is NOT in the software manager screen. I was told it was > > deliberitly removed for technical reasons. In WINDOWS when I > > download/install I use the .EXE process. Which I like. If I use UBUNTU to > > open your web site, when I now download/install will the program show me > > the equivalent .DEB files? Is the process similar to the EXE format? I do > > not want to use command line if I can aviod it. Too foreign and hard for me > > to understand. Do all web site programs show the >DEB files as long as I > > use UBUNTU to open them? Please provide complete details in a step,format > > in simple language. Please tell me if the OO process also applies to any > > program opened in UBUNTU. I have researched this but all the explanations > > are in computer speak. I need it in simple ENGLISH. > > > > At present there is no easy way out of using the command line. How to > install OpenOffice is clearly set out in > this tutorial. Note that, if you are using Ubuntu, you should remove all > traces of LibreOffice before installing OpenOffice. The removal is best done > (in my experience) using Synaptic; tell it to find libreoffice-core, and > remmove that and associated programs. > When posting my previous reply I omitted the URL for the tutorial - sorry! The tutorial is at http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=68 -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
