Problems installing Openoffice 3.0

[Rick Bilonick]

On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 11:27 -0800, NoOp wrote:
> On 11/05/2008 09:02 PM, Mark wrote:
> > Hi everyone: 
> > 
> > I uninstalled the version of openoffice that came with 8.04
> 
> As I told you previously, that is a big mistake. I recommend that you
> reinstall (U)OOo. The standard OOo 3.0 will co-exist quite happily
> alongside (U)OOo 2.4.1.
> 
> 
>  and am
> > trying to innstall OpenOffice 3.0 and have followed the instructions
> > outlined at
> > http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-openoffice-3.0.0-on-ubuntu-8.04
> > to the letter 
> 
> Actually you didn't:
> 
> <quote>
> ... and go to the directory that contains all the .deb packages...
> 
> cd OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358/DEBS/
> 
> ... and install them with one single command:
> 
> sudo dpkg -i *.deb
> </quote>
> 
> You didn't cd to the 'DEBS' directory.
> 
> 
I agree. There is no reason to remove 2.4.1. I installed OOo 3.0 from
the .deb files and can run both versions with no trouble. Installation
could not be much simpler.

Rick B.