Don't use OpenOffice.org Beta (1.9.95)

[Russell Cook]

Thanks for this I've just grabbed 1.9.96 and it looks nice. Only 
question is, how do I add this version of OO to the Applications/Office 
menu in gnome?

Kind Regards Russ
www.windsorcycles.com.au
(gedit/ubuntu/gFTP)



James Tappin wrote:

>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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