OpenOffice2.00

[Rajiv Vyas]

Thanks.

On 7/29/05, zer0halo <zerohalo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> PS. Be sure to install Java first, using the instructions in the
> Ubuntu wiki mentioned earlier.
> 
> On 7/29/05, zer0halo <zerohalo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 7/28/05, Brian Walker <bfwalker at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On 7/29/05, Rajiv Vyas <rajiv1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > How do I upgrade to OO2?
> > > >
> > > > rajiv
> > >
> > > IIRC, using synaptic and searching for openoffice, you find the OO2 
> version
> > > available as packages.
> > >
> >
> > The OO2 version available in the Ubuntu universe (via synaptic) is an
> > older beta that has a fair few bugs in it. I'd suggest you install the
> > latest beta version instead. You can download the RPMs from
> > OpenOffice.Org, and then convert them to DEBs with alien, and then
> > install. There's a script that does it all for you, and installs the
> > application menu entries, which you can find here:
> >
> > Read this post here for the instructions:
> > http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=246357&postcount=171
> >
> > However, the script has been since modified because OO changed their
> > naming convention. So get the updated script here:
> >
> > http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=267226&postcount=233
> >
> > You'll need the menu icons, which you can get from here:
> >
> > http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=238119&postcount=147
> >
> > That should save you from having to read the 200+ posts in that forum 
> :-)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > "Impossible is nothing."
> >
> 
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