Hello Jean, *, On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 03:09:22PM +1000, Jean Weber wrote: > Okay guys, my ignorance has taken over. I hope someone on this list > can help me; if not, I'll try elsewhere.
Although I am using Debian here, I think I can help you ... ;) > 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, That is right ... Debian (and the like) has its own tools to install packages ... ;) > 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. "G" > 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. To install them system wide you need to be root. Just do <command> sudo dpkg -i /home/$YourUser'sHome/$YourFolderWithYourFiles/* </command> to install them :) Say: Your user is jhweber and your desktop folder, where your extracted files are in is called DEV300 in your desktop folder. Then you should type <command> sudo dpkg -i /home/jhweber/Desktop/DEV300 </command> You could shorten your typing by tabbing like <command> sud<tab><space>dpk<tab><space>-i<space>/h<tab>/j<tab>/D<tab><tab>D<tab>* </command> HTH Thomas. -- * Mercury calmly removes XT-Ream's arm.. * Mercury then proceeds to beat XT-Ream with XT-Ream's arm. <Knghtbrd> wow, all this quake hacking is making Mercury violent here * mao is glad the quake forge project is in good hands
