Looking For Info On Updating Firefox & Open Office

[NoOp]

On 03/31/2010 12:26 PM, Nathan Bahn wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 1:11 PM, NoOp ...
>>
>> What OOo3.2 package are you trying to install, where did you get it
>> from, and how did you try to install it?
...
> 
> NoOp--
> the version is 3.2.0
> I'm pretty damned certain that the URL is
> http://download.services.openoffice.org/files/stable/3.2.0/OOo_3.2.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz
> (32 bit)
> I right-clicked on the icon and clicked on "open"
> --N.O.B.
> 

To install that package:

1. untar the file - you can use nautilus (the file browser), right click
on the downloaded file & select extract here. That will create a new
folder, something like: OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_en-US.9483
and within that folder will be a subfolder called DEBS. Sample:
/home/<username>/OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_en-US.9483/DEBS

2. open a terminal and cd to that DEBS folder. Example:
$ cd /home/<username>/OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_en-US.9483/DEBS

3. install OOo:

$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb

That will install OOo 3.2.0.

4. Modify the OOo boot file so that it creates another ~/.openoffice
folder (this way you can run both Ubuntu's 3.1 and OOo 3.2 at the same
time (and in parallel if you with).

$ cd /opt/openoffice.org3/program/
now set write permissions and modify the bootstraprc file
$ sudo chmod +w /opt/openoffice.org3/program/bootstraprc
now change the default user folder
$ gksu gedit bootstraprc
- Modify that file *from*:
  'UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/.openoffice.org/3'
to
   'UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/.openoffice.org3/3'
- save.

Note: the above is so that you can run both (U)OOo 3.1.0 and (OOo) OOo
3.2.0. (U)OOo 3.1.0 uses ~/.openoffice.org/3, standard OOo 3.2.0 will
use ~/.openoffice.org3/3.

5. Now start that verson of OOo:

$ /opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice

After you are satisfied that it's working you can create a menu item
pointing to /opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice