On 2006-08-28, Stephen Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just spent 2 hours downloading the "Linux" version of OpenOffice from > http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.3/index.html, thinking this would be > a generic version and find it only has RPM files so is useless for > Debian/Ubuntu, which I'm using. > > Since the deb files can be built easily enough, shouldn't they be > prominently available from the main site? At the very least it should > say "Linux RPM" or something rather than just "Linux". Very confusing.
AFAIK, OpenOffice.org only provides .rpm packages for the linux version. Perhaps your distribution's web site has .deb packages you can use? Otherwise, rpm will work on Debian based systems. I installed OOo-2.0.3 on my wife's Xandros machine using rpm. It complain about "required package /bin/sh missing" but installed just fine using the the "--nodeps" switch. -- John ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
