Author: kschenk
Date: Sat May 5 00:33:02 2012
New Revision: 1334269
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1334269&view=rev
Log:
kls -- added info about deb package installation for linux
Modified:
incubator/ooo/ooo-site/trunk/content/download/common/instructions_3.4.html
Modified:
incubator/ooo/ooo-site/trunk/content/download/common/instructions_3.4.html
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/ooo/ooo-site/trunk/content/download/common/instructions_3.4.html?rev=1334269&r1=1334268&r2=1334269&view=diff
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--- incubator/ooo/ooo-site/trunk/content/download/common/instructions_3.4.html
(original)
+++ incubator/ooo/ooo-site/trunk/content/download/common/instructions_3.4.html
Sat May 5 00:33:02 2012
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
<h2>Instructions for Downloading and Installing <br />
Apache OpenOffice.org 3.4</h2>
-<p>Last updated: 2012-04-11</p>
+<p>Last updated: 2012-05-04</p>
<p>A more extensive, though older, <b>Installation Guide</b> is available in
<a
href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/w/images/7/7e/Installation_Guide_OOo3.pdf";>PDF</a>
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ Apache OpenOffice 3.4:</p>
</li>
</ul>
-<font color="red">vvvv Beginning of review area...is this still vaild??? vvvv
</font>
+
<a name="download"></a>
<h3>Download Apache OpenOffice 3.4</h3>
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ pause/resume the download. We've listed
</li>
</ol>
-<font color="red">^^^^ End of review area.... ^^^^ </font>
+
<h3>Run Apache OpenOffice to ensure that the installation was successful</h3>
@@ -331,11 +331,11 @@ and register your copy.</p>
</ol>
<p>You have successfully installed and run Apache OpenOffice. You should now
-refer to the online help (Choose "OpenOffice.org Help" from the Help menu) or
+refer to the online help (Choose "Apache OpenOffice Help" from the Help menu)
or
connect to the internet to obtain support from the
-<a href="htp://www.openoffice.org" title="OpenOffice.org Homepage"></a> web
+<a href="htp://www.openoffice.org" title="Apache OpenOffice Homepage"></a> web
site by clicking the Support tab available from any web page.</p>
-<p>Thank you for using OpenOffice.org, and welcome!</p>
+<p>Thank you for using Apache OpenOffice, and welcome!</p>
<hr/>
@@ -346,17 +346,15 @@ site by clicking the Support tab availab
JRE installed. It should be at least JRE 1.6. You can find the JRE for Linux
at the <a href="http://www.java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp";> Java JRE
for Linux</a> download site. Or, you can choose to have the JRE included with
-your OpenOffice.org download. Alternatively, a JRE might be included on the
+your Apache OpenOffice download. Alternatively, a JRE might be included on the
installation media of your distro as part of a complete Java development
environment.</p>
+
<h3>Installation Steps</h3>
<ol>
-<li><b>For this new 3.4 version only, you will need to de-install your older
existing version of OpenOffice.</b><br />
-If you do not do this, it is likely you will be able to install version 3.4,
but not run it. <br />
-Use your preferred Linux utility for doing this.
-</li>
+
<li>
Review the
<a href="//dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_30.html">
@@ -372,10 +370,9 @@ Use your preferred Linux utility for doi
The name of the installation directory will likely be
the langueage abbreviation for the install set, e.g. en-US.
<li>
- <tt>su</tt> to root, if necessary, and navigate to OpenOffice.org
+ <tt>su</tt> to root, if necessary, and navigate to Apache OpenOffice
installation directory (the unpacked archive).<br/>
- <em>Since the default packaging of OpenOffice.org for Linux is RPM, you
will
- likely need to be root to run the rpm command.</em>
+ <em>You will likely need to be root to run the rpm command to install the
software.</em>
</li>
<li>
<tt>cd</tt> into the RPMS subdirectory of the installation directory.<br/>
@@ -399,6 +396,66 @@ Use your preferred Linux utility for doi
<li>Finally, start up Apache OpenOffice 3.4 to insure it's working.</li>
</ol>
+<h2>Linux deb-based Installation<a name="linux-deb"></a></h2>
+
+<h3>Prerequisites</h3>
+
+<p>If you want Java integration, you want to make sure you have the latest
+JRE installed. It should be at least JRE 1.6. You can find the JRE for Linux
+at the <a href="http://www.java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp";> Java JRE
+for Linux</a> download site. Or, you can choose to have the JRE included with
+your Apache OpenOffice download. Alternatively, a JRE might be included on the
+installation media of your distro as part of a complete Java development
+environment.</p>
+
+
+<h3>Installation Steps</h3>
+
+<ol>
+
+ <li>
+ Review the
+ <a href="//dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_30.html">
+ System Requirements</a>
+ </li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.openoffice.org/download";>Download your favorite
Linux version of Apache OpenOffice</a></a></li>
+ <li>
+ Unpack the downloaded image to prepare for installation. <br/>
+ The following command should work: <code>tar -xvzf "linux package
name".tar.gz</code> <br/>
+ where "linux package name" is the beginning part of the archive you just
downloaded.<br />
+ <br />
+ This will create an installation directory.<br />
+ The name of the installation directory will likely be
+ the langueage abbreviation for the install set, e.g. en-US.
+ <li>
+ <tt>su</tt> to root, if necessary, and navigate to Apache OpenOffice
+ installation directory (the unpacked archive).<br/>
+ <em>You will likely need to be root to run the deb command.</em>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <tt>cd</tt> into the DEBS subdirectory of the installation directory.<br/>
+ You should see a lot of debs here and one sub-directory called
+ "desktop-integration".
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Install this new version by typing <tt>sudo dpkg -i *.deb</tt>.<br/>
+ By default, this will install Apache OpenOffice in your <tt>/opt</tt>
+ directory.<br/>
+ <b>NOTE:</b> See additional installation options and other useful
+ information in the
+ <a href="http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/index.html#12";>
+ Setup Guide</a>.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Install the desktop integration features for your setup. <br />
+ <tt>cd</tt> to <tt>desktop-integration</tt> in the installation
directory,<br />
+ and, depending on your package manager/system, install the appropriate
desktop interface using dpkg.
+ </li>
+ <li>Finally, start up Apache OpenOffice 3.4 to insure it's working.</li>
+</ol>
+
+
+
<h3>Packages for Linux Distributions (Not compiled by Apache OpenOffice
developers)
<a name="other_linux"></a></h3>
@@ -415,6 +472,8 @@ require. Replacing a 'native' distributi
original build can be tricky, but can usually be successfully accomplished by
completely removing the existing 'native' install. </p>
+
+
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<li>
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