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Asked by peter

Hello

I've two questions. I've UBUNTU 7.10 (gutsy).

I would install the new release 3.0 of OpenOffice org. For the download I've to choose the correct system. The choices are the followings.

- Linux x86(RPM)
- Linux x86 (inkl. JRE + Installer)
- Linux x86-64 (DEB)
- Linux x86 (DEB)

The first question is: which one relates to my system? I guess, the first one is the correct version.

Regarding the installation, I found the following instructions:
Linux RPM-based Installation:
# Unpack the downloaded image into a directory. For example, currently, the following command would unpack into the current directory

# tar xvzf OOo_3.0.0_LinuxIntel_install_xxxxxx.tar.gz, This will create a source directory with the OpenOffice.org installation. The directory will have a rather long name but be prefixed by "OOO3...".

# su to root, if necessary, and navigate to OpenOffice.org installation directory, the OOO3... source directory.
Since the default packaging of OpenOffice.org for Linux is RPM, you will likely need to be root to run the rpm command.

# cd into the RPMS subdirectory of the source directory.
You should see a lot of rpms here and one sub-directory called "desktop-integration".

# Install this new version by typing rpm -Uvih *rpm.
By default, this will install OpenOffice in your /opt directory.
NOTE: See additional installation options and other useful information in the Setup Guide.

# Finally, cd to desktop-integration. Depending on your package manager/system, install the appropriate desktop interface.

Second question: Do you agree with this instructions?

Thanks for your hint.
Peter

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#1

http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-openoffice-3.0.0-on-ubuntu-8.04

Please refer the above link

(its on 8.04 but you can give a shot for 7.10 and see)

Regards

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peter (peter-neuweiler) said : 		#2

Thanks for the information. Buit whats about the first question?
Peter

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peter (peter-neuweiler) said : 		#3

I guess, the first question is not more important to download it (the question is not asked). But maybe you can answer it because it's interesting to know which kind of Linux i have. Thanks a lot.
Peter

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#4

see ubuntu is a debian derivative and comes with features associated with debian like

APT: advanced packaging tool which is a CLI interface which allows you to install packages with a single command

deb : the debian package format

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_package

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installingsoftware

the above links give you an introduction

regards

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peter (peter-neuweiler) said : 		#5

Thanks a lot. So I've an UBUNTU based on Debian system.
Peter

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peter (peter-neuweiler) said : 		#6

Hi

I can't install OpenOffice.org. The command "sudo dpkg -i *.deb" produces the following error messages:

dpkg: error processing *.deb (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 *.deb

I don't have a deb-file. Do you have an idea, what I can do? Thanks.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#7

To install or upgrade previous release from develop builds of OpenOffice downloaded from:
http://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/devel/DEV300/?C=M;O=D
i use the commands that i report below.

Open a terminal from Applications → Accessories → Terminal and type or copy and paste ( a row a time ), give your password when requested you will see nothing when you type in your user password, then press enter:

sudo apt-get -y --purge remove openoffice.org3
sudo rm -fr /opt/openoffice.org3 /opt/openoffice.org
sudo apt-get remove openoffice.org-base openoffice.org-base-core openoffice.org-core; sudo apt-get autoremove
cd
wget http://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/devel/DEV300/DEV300_m34/Build-1/OOo_DEV300_m34_LinuxX86_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz
tar xvzf OOo_DEV300_m34_LinuxX86_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz
sudo dpkg -i DEBS/*.deb

sudo dpkg -i DEBS/desktop-integration/*.deb
killall gnome-panel
rm -fr DEBS

cd /opt/openoffice.org3/program
./soffice

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