On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:42:16 -0500 Doug <dmcgarr...@optonline.net> wrote:
> On 01/23/2013 02:10 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > > 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 > > > As I mentioned in my last post, it appears that PCLOS finally has OO in > the repos. > I already had downloaded the archive at the link you posted, and that's > what > started this problem. You need to get rid of the tar.gz and just have ONE > rpm. that installs the whole thing. But hopefully I can find and remove the > mess that this download created and load from Synaptic (not YUM). > Will report results. > I honestly do not think PCLOS uses Synaptic, if it uses RPM packages. -- 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
