On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:40:28 +0200, Roger Krowiak wrote: > Hi, > > > I'm just simple linux home-user using Slackware with some basic > knowledge about things. Today I've decided to help testing OpenOffice Beta > 2 on my system and on me, because I think lot of people like me (just some > basic skills) use OpenOffice and also they are a part of 'target group'. > But to my surprise after unpacking OOo_2.0beta2_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz > there were only *.rpm files to install, which are not suitable for my > system. After small search using google, I've found that previous version > of installer was problematic from developer point of view and that native > package manager for each distro should be used. I think there will be > Slackware *.tgz installation files after releasing final version, but > today, it seems to me problematic to start testing beta2 release and I'm > asking if it would be possible to make also old-fashion installer for this > (or next testing) release, which could, according to me, greatly increase > the test base of OpenOffice suite.
You can use rpm2tgz to do the conversion. There is a section in http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/2.x/en/SETUP_GUIDE_draft.pdf on how to do this. Your feedback would be appreciated. -- Documentation Co-lead "Dinna meddle wi' things ye ken nuthin' aboot!" J.H. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
