On Fri, 2007-08-03 at 02:55 +0530, krishnakant Mane wrote: > hello all, > as mentioned by Chetan on another thread, I am aware that rpms of open > office 2.0.3 are very fast and stable as well. > can some one explain me how to convert these rpms with alien and which > rpms to install for getting the latest of openoffice? > I need to know exactly the order in which the files must be installed. > may be chetan can suggest the right (exact) version of 2.2 or 2.3? > regards,
Hey krish, Check out this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=304335 and this blog post: http://strabes.wordpress.com/2006/11/17/installing-rpm-packages-in-ubuntu/ AFAIK, you only need to use alien -i <RPM PACKAGE NAME> Replace <RPM PACKAGE NAME> by your rpm. -- Regards, Dinesh A. Joshi -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
