<div>On 5/28/08, Jeffrey B. Layton <<a href="mailto:laytonjb@charter.net">laytonjb@charter.net</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> John Levin wrote: > Jeffrey B. Layton wrote: >> Afternoon all, >> >> I'm new to Xubuntu but I've been using Linux, for a long time :) >> But unfortunately, I've got some newbie type questions :) >> >> I'm trying to install OpenOffice 2.4.0 but I'm running into >> some problems. I googled around a bit and it seems like the >> recommended installation method is to use alien to convert >> the Openoffice .tar.gz or the individual rpm's to .deb format. > > The standard way is to install apps is via the Synaptic package > manager; on Xubuntu it's in the applications menu under system. Open > Office 2.4 is there. Thanks! I managed to get it installed (thanks Daniel). After I ran apt-get update, the Synaptic Manager showed it. Prior to that I couldn't find it. Is the refresh button in the manager the way to update the package listings?</blockquote><div> Wel, it's "Reload", actually, but yeah ;-) (Applications->System->Add/Remove... does it automatically I believe) </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Thanks! Jeff </blockquote></div> -- Vincent