On 25.05.2012 10:52, Ji Yan wrote:
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I've downloaded the Linux x86-64 DEB
http://www.openoffice.org/download/other.html
But that will only install onto a server with a Desktop unless I'm missing
some information.
Once downloaded I do the following:
tar xvfz
Apache_OpenOffice_incubating_3.4.0_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz
which extracts everything to an ./en-US directory the en-US directory
contains several dozen .DEB files
dpkg -i<all the .deb files>
that will emit errors concerning gui/desktop requirements so it appeared to
me that those can only be installed on a server with a desktop and NOT on a
headless machine.
Some of the *deb files are for desktop integration and these have
desktop dependencies of course.
Maybe I missed some documentation but I know you can start openoffice in
headless mode once its installed BUT in this case how can you install it on
a headless machine in the first place?
That the package managers emits errors is a too general statement. Which
missing dependencies does it report? Leaving out the *deb files that
have missing dependencies would be an interesting experiment.
Herbert
