On Apr 29, 2009 6:21am, David Stocker <[email protected]> wrote:
Although more complicated than Add/Remove or Synaptic, another option is
to download the *.deb package from the OpenOffice.org
http://download.openoffice.org/other.html#en-US> website and then
install it using dpkg. I've used this method with Ubuntu Studio and
OpenOffice integrates seamlessly (themes, etc. render correctly, spell
checking works). Plus, you can get the latest stable build of OpenOffice
without having to upgrade Ubuntu or mess with the sources list (3.1, due
out very soon, has a few nifty improvements, and 3.2, due out later this
year [?] is supposed to include the much awaited support of Open-type
fonts).
Email me if you get stuck.
David
[email protected]
Thanks for the feedback!
I actually did start using Abiword when I discovered that OpenOffice worked
funny under Ubuntu Studio, and I definitely don't mind using it. I just
figured if I could get Open Office installed well, then I'd go for that,
because I'm just a lot more familiar with the program.
I also checked out the .deb from the Open Office website, and I couldn't
find an all-in-one package for the whole program. Instead, all I discovered
was .debs for all the various parts of Open Office. This is fine, it just
looked like it would be a lot more work than I expected, so I have yet to
give that a try.
All of this is kind of moot, though, since I downgraded my production
machine back to regular Hardy, side-graded to Ubuntu Studio (I never could
get Ubuntu Studio to install off a disc onto my laptop). Open Office works
fine on that. There were just too many issues with the Jaunty RT on my
laptop, and I need to get some audio work done this week, so I went back to
what works for me. :) I'll give a more detailed write-up of the issues I
ran into on my laptop later, if that will help the dev team do some
de-bugging.
-Brian
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