Karmic 9.10 new kernel BAD!

[NoOp]

On 12/04/2009 02:53 PM, Res wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Dec 2009, NoOp wrote:
> 
>> This is the second time that I've seen someone post something like this
>> in the past week or so. Can you specifically point out _which parts_
>> Ubuntu removes from OOo (to fit in with their views or otherwise)?
> 
> 
> As you are aware, I am in no way associated with ubuntu, they are the ones 
> they said it, so you'll have to ask them, but I suspect if you sus out 
> what fedora omits, ubuntu will likely be same.
> 
> 

Revisiting this & while installing 8.04, 9.04, and 9.10 fresh on a test
drive, I just realized that Res is partially correct; Ubuntu does not
install several critical OOo packages by default: Base,
openoffice.org-base, openoffice.org-java-common,
openoffice.org-officebean etc. This was originally due to space
limitations on the Ubuntu CD, but continues with the same policy even
with the DVD. See:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/93546

<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/93546/comments/32>

In order to get the java based bits installed (Base, etc), you need to
install the openoffice.org package (sudo apt-get install
openoffice.org). That will pull in the required missing bits. Also
recommended: sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre. Without those, you'll
not be able to use the mailmerge & java based wizards in (U)OOo.