I am stuck working in Thailand, and have been trying to install OOO on a friend's laptop. The Linux distro that was most compatible with her ancient Vaio was PCLOS.
But the "Get Open Office" module has been running now for THREE DAYS... at 1200-2200 bps (that is BYTES, not kilbytes!). This is thanks to a .NL server it is locked into. Finally it looked like it finished but THEN says it needs URE at 174mb, and THIS will ake 3 more days! I tried on my newer laptop and the speed is the same, despite getting avg 423kbps elsewhere to/from Europe and USA... so this server is obviously overtaxed. QUESTION: Can I just download this somewhere and stuff it in the APT cache? I checked http://download.openoffice.org/2.4.0/ure.html but the page is not clear to me. That is diplomacy on my part. :) DETAILS: The target says OOO 1.4, but that does not exist? The files in apt cache, however are all OOO 1.3x. What the download is afternow says: "openoffice.org-ure 1.51-94" We have a good national mirror here with all linux flavors AND ope office repos, but I am presuming this PCLOS method might need a specific set instead of a single RPM. Thanks a HEAP in advance --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
