How can I install two versions of the same program simultaneously?

[Gerald Dachs]

Am Tue, 1 Apr 2008 10:47:11 +0100
schrieb Michele <m.zarri at gmail.com>:

> Hello,
> 
> I would like to install OOo2.4 with the DEV300m5 in parallel on my
> ubuntu box, but I don't know how. They are both called openoffice, so
> when i try to install dpkg *substitutes* one version with the other.
> 
> I have found this command for RPMs in an old setup guide:
> 
> rpm -ivh --install --dbpath /home/user1/office/.rpm --nodeps --prefix
> /home/user1/office/ openoffice*.rpm
> 

Did you try the dpkg option --root ?

Gerald