OpenOffice.org 2.2 debs

[Art Alexion]

On Monday 02 April 2007 09:06, Donn wrote:
> > Could you include the technique you used (alien I guess) on that page -
> > that will last longer than 14 days!
>
> Or just post it - I see that site is a temporary kind of thing. Emails are
> reaching the list reeeeaaaaly slowly.

OOo packages RPMs so that they install in /opt, so there is no need to fiddle 
or worry about interfering with the /usr branch.

1. Download and extract the tarball from OOo.
2. In the desktop_integration subdirectory of the extracted tarball, delete 
all but the debian .deb menu package.
3. in the top level directory of the extracted tarball execute the command
	sudo alien -kc *.deb
   The -k switch tells alien to --keep the version numbering of the RPM.  
The -c switch tells alien to include any --scripts that are in the RPMs.  
This procedure takes about 45 minutes.
4. Move the menu deb from the desktop integration subdirectoy into the 
directory where all of you debs now are.
5. Remove all of the RPMs
6. To install execute 
	sudo dpkg -i --force-overwite *.deb
   --force-overwrite is necessary because some files are included in multiple 
packages.

If you previously installed 2.0 or 2.1 in /opt, these debs will replace them 
and rename the directory /opt/openoffice.org2.2

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