OpenOffice 3.0.0

[Howard Coles Jr.]

On Monday 27 October 2008 12:35:58 pm Nigel Ridley wrote:
> Howard Coles Jr. wrote:
> > On Monday 27 October 2008 01:30:07 am Nigel Ridley wrote:
> >> OK, so I downloaded the 'OOo_3.0.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz';
> >> unpacked it and navigated to the 'DEBS' directory. Now what!? There are
> >> 47 .deb files. How does one go about installing OpenOffice 3.0.0?
> >>
> >> Blessings,
> >>
> >> Nigel
> >>
> >> --
> >
> > Howdy, Nigel.
> > Before you go to installing All 47 packages, remove the .deb files for
> > language support that you do not need.
> >
> > Either delete them (if you still have the compressed download file) or
> > move them.
> >
> > That way you don't install a lot of space wasting files you don't need.
>
> Actually the only extra language was/is a French dictionary. I downloaded
> the: OOo_3.0.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz
>
> Using 'sudo dpkg -i *.deb' (on the DEBS dir) it installed into /opt --
> which means I keep OOoo 2.4 as well.


Sounds good.  The last time I downloaded a tar package for OOo it had all the 
languages in it.  I must have downloaded the wrong file.  


-- 
See Ya'
Howard Coles Jr.
John 3:16!