Good morning Dan, *,
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:59:51PM -0500, Elder Dan Lewis wrote:
> Thomas Hackert wrote:
> >On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 09:41:58AM -0600, Barbara Tobias wrote:
> >>On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 16:11 +0100, Nino Novak wrote:
[install instruction for OOo under a Debian based system]
> >>If it would be of any help for me to do some reviewing with 3.1.1 or if
> >>someone can point me to "deb installation for dummies," I'll be glad to
> >>proceed. Otherwise, I'll wait for the Ubuntu version of 3.2.
> >
> >It is really easy, if you know it ... ;)
> >1. Just open a terminal (something like GNOME-terminal).
> >2. If you still have unpacked the OOo package do
> >2a. Move /path/to/your/unpacked/OOo/DEBS/desktop-integration/*
> >/path/to/your/unpacked/OOo/DEBS (to be on the sure side ... ;) ).
> >2b. "dpkg -i /path/to/your/upacked/OOo/DEBS/*.deb
> >
> >That should work like a charm. If not, feel free to ask here again
> >:)
> >
> >>Sorry I'm not more knowledgeable.
> >
> >Well, everyone of us was a beginner once, without any knowledge ...
> >;)
> >
> Or, here is what I do.
> 1. Double click the file you downloaded to activate the Archive
> Manager, and extract the installation folder. .
> 2. Open a terminal ( Applications > Accessories > Terminal) .
> 3. Enter the DEB folder of the OOO installation folder.
> 4. "sudo dpkg -i *.deb" Enter your user password when requested.
> (OOo will be installed.)
> 5. "cd desktop-integration"
> 6. Use the Up Arrow key to display "sudo dpkg -i *.deb" (The up
> arrow key will cycle through the previous commands you have typed
> before.) (In step 4 and 6, use the <Enter> key to run the
> command you typed.)
> And the obvious step: close the terminal.
> By the way, someone had to help me the first time I installed
> OOo on Ubuntu using the file supplied by the OOo web site.
it is a possibility as well ... ;) But instead of entering each
directory I use the bash autocompletion (something like "sudo
dpk<tab> -i $pa<tab>th/t<tab>/un<tab>packed ..."). It is much faster,
if you do not have to change to each directory everytime ... ;) The
above, fictive path is just an example ... ;) And as I use the
commandline to nearly everything (or better: to download stuff, to
unpack it, to install it and the like), it is IMHO much faster and
easier than "Click here, click there, do that" ... ;)
Have fun
Thomas.
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"Oh, don't be such a baby!"
"But I'm feeling much better..."
"No you're not... in a moment you'll be stone dead!"
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