On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:46:59 -0500 Doug <dmcgarr...@optonline.net> wrote:
> On 01/23/2013 09:53 AM, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 07:30:50AM -0600, Art Pederson wrote: > >> Hope someone can help Doug out. > >> Begin forwarded message: > >> > >>> From: Doug <dmcgarr...@optonline.net> > >>> Date: 22 January, 2013 9:57:56 PM CST > >>> To: Art Pederson <ve5...@sasktel.net> > >>> Subject: Latest Open Office install > >>> > >>> Hi, Art-- > >>> > >>> I sent a message to the mailing list, but have gotten no answer. > > I haven't found any thread started by you on this subject. > > > >>> I downloaded OO, in a compacted file-- > >>> Apache...x86_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz > >>> I had never seen an rpm packaged inside a tar file before, but > >>> I unzipped it, and now I have rpms all over the place, as well as > >>> a directory of Apache advertising. > > If you downloaded from http://www.openoffice.org/download then there is > > no advertising at all, this must be the readme and license. > > > >>> Is there any way to simply install this thing? I never had this > >>> problem when I downloaded it many months ago, but now I > >>> want to put it on another machine, and I have this mess. > > It depends on the Linux distribution you are using. I assume you are not > > using Ubuntu or any other distro using DEBs, as you downloaded RPMs. > > Some Linux distro require manual tweaking, so please let us know the > > distro you are using. > > > > > > Regards > I was not aware that PCLOS seems to have OO in the repos now-- > it is called ooobasis* so I will try and delete all the stuff that I > downloaded > from Apache and try and install this and see what happens. > I will report back. > > --doug > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > My quick check suggests that PCLOS uses LibreOffice. While it is possible to install Apache OpenOffice in parallel with LibreOffice, my experience with Ubuntu is that if one wants a quiet life without the necessary tweaking one should entirely remove LibreOffice _before_ installing Apache OpenOffice. In Ubuntu this is best done by using Synaptic (their package manager) to remove libreoffice-core*. In PCLOS this might be done with Yum, but your experience with PCLOS will direct you better than my supposition. You should then download an RPM version from http://www.openoffice.org/download/other.html and install using the instructions at http://www.openoffice.org/download/common/instructions.html#linux-rpm -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
