2008/5/8 Jean Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Okay guys, my ignorance has taken over. I hope someone on this list > can help me; if not, I'll try elsewhere. > > I've downloaded and unpacked the DEB version of OOo3.0beta, but I > don't know what to do now to install it. There doesn't seem to be an > installer file, and I've never installed a whole bunch of DEB files > before. (In the past I've always used the OOo RPMs -- mainly because I > learned how to do that when DEBs were not available.) I rarely install > from anything other than the Ubuntu repositories, so I'm really out of > my depth here. > > I need someone to give me a very explicit explanation. The files are > in a folder on my desktop. The program or its components do not need > to show on any of the menus; I know how to make a desktop launcher > once the program is installed. > > Thanks! > > --Jean >
Hello Jean, Normally I put all the .deb files in /tmp/DEBS and then open a terminal window and run sudo dpkg -i *.deb In some of the distributed packages you will also find inside the DEBS directory a further directory called desktop_integration. If it exists this will install the shortcuts in your menu. Just cd into it and execute again the command above. [CODE] cd desktop_integration sudo dpkg -i *.deb [/CODE] If you do not have the desktop integration let me know and I will send you (off-list) my launchers and icons that you can manually copy into the right directory in your system. Cheers, Michele
