2016-01-27 14:25 GMT+08:00 Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie>: > On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:04:35 +0800 > Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.z...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm using Debian Jessie, and I installed the lastest >> Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.2_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_zh-CN on my box. >> >> But, the desktop entries cann't be launched at all, say for writer.desktop. >> >> I can find the following location which this file is installed into: >> >> $ mlocate -ir writer.desktop >> /opt/openoffice4/share/xdg/writer.desktop > n the installation process I use, which is > > How to install OO in Ubuntu: Start a Terminal > In the terminal type > > sudo apt-get purge libreoffice*
Thanks a lot, I omit the above step for my case. When I re-reinstall with all of the steps given by you here. This issue is solved ;-) > > Note that the the trailing * is important. > > When the OpenOffice file is downloaded, double click on it and the system > archive manager should start up. Tell it to extract the files - these are > normally extracted to a sub directory of the Downloads folder, in my case > called en-GB (as I use the GB version). Your version will differ. > > Now, in a terminal manoeuvre to that sub folder. In my case this is by the > following commands; in your case rory will be replaced by your logon name and > en-GB may be changed, as I mentioned. > > cd /home/rory/Downloads/en-GB > cd DEBS > sudo dpkg -i *.deb > When that has completed, do this > > cd desktop-integration > sudo dpkg -i *.deb I exactly have done these steps in my installation. > > Do not omit this last change of directory and repeat of the installation > command, as this puts links for OpenOffice into your Office group. > > I suspect - only a guess - that in your installation process you overlooked > this final directory change and installation of the desktop-integration > section. > > This installation method has worked for every. DEB installation I have made > over the last seven years Thanks a lot for your exhaustive explanations. Regards > > RoryOF > > It takes longer to write out all this than it actually takes to do! > I > >> >> >> And it has the following exec line in this file: >> >> $ grep -i 'exec' /opt/openoffice4/share/xdg/writer.desktop >> Exec= -writer %U >> >> But, when I running the openoffice4 command directly from within >> terminal, it will fail like this: >> >> $ openoffice4 >> bash: openoffice4: command not found >> >> Any hints? >> >> Regards >> -- >> Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.z...@gmail.com> >> Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry >> Chinese Academy of Sciences >> GnuPG DSA: 0xD108493 >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> > > > -- > Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> -- Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.z...@gmail.com> Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences GnuPG DSA: 0xD108493 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
