Problems installing Openoffice 3.0

[Mark]

HI Rick:


Thank you. Everything is up and running with my open office!!!


Mark




Rick Bilonick wrote:



> 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.
>
>
>   

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