Don't use OpenOffice.org Beta (1.9.95)

[James Tappin]

On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 06:27:35 +0100
david <nux at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:


D> 
D> The method I use...
D> 
D> sudo nautilus
D> delete previous OpenOffice folder in /opt
D> 
D> sudo rm -f /usr/bin/soffice
D> 
D> cd to new RPMS folder (in my home area)
D> 
D> alien -k openoffice*
D> 
D> rm -f *.rpm
D> 
D> delete the suse, fedora and mandrake menu .debs
D> 
D> sudo dpkg -i openoffice*
D> 
D> sudo ln -s /opt/openoffice1.9.xx/program/soffice /usr/bin
D> 
D> sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/soffice
D> 
D> Fire up openoffice and reset the memory allocation and java location,
D> close it and restart it.

FWIW provided you are on x86 there are Debian packages for current
development versions of OOo in the subdirectories of:
ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/devel/680

I installed the M96 packages on my kubuntu box last night and they seem
to work fine. 

James

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