Open Office upgrade??

[Alan Dacey Sr.]

On Saturday 13 February 2010 10:50:21 pm Jerry Lapham wrote:
> On Saturday 13 February 2010 09:24:44 pm Reinhold Rumberger wrote:
> > > I downloaded OOo_3.2.0_LinuxIntel_install_wJRE_en-US.tar.gz and
> > > don't see any .debs -- just .rpms.
> > 
> > Try
> > http://download.services.openoffice.org/files/stable/3.2.0/OOo_3.2.0_Linu
> > xI ntel_install_en- US_deb.tar.gz
> 
> OK, I got it.  How do you install it?  You don't have to run each
> individual .deb, do you?  I'd like to be able to install it in /opt or
> somewhere (like you can with firefox) so I can fall back to Karmic's 3.1
> version if there's a problem.
> 
> 	-Jerry

Real easy.
Untar it into a folder, navigate there in the terminal and type 
	sudo dpkg -i *.deb
It will do them all.  I did that in the past and it was installed under /opt 
so you will be have two versions on your machine.

If you want to go whole hog then follow the directions here:
http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=27484  

-- 
Alan

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