That looks like a reply from the shell
telling you it didn't match the filename.

That star looks funny.

Are you sure that should be there?

Re-check the filename of the .deb package
you downloaded. 


On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:19:57 -0400
James Harkins <[email protected]> wrote:

> So I downloaded the debian package from openoffice.org and (after  
> some digging) found a command in their pdf installation guide:
> 
> sudo dpkg -i -force-overwrite openoffice.org*.deb desktop-integration/ 
> openoffice.org-debian-menus*.deb
> 
> And it says (drum roll please):
> 
> zsh: no matches found: openoffice.org*.deb
> 
> Sorry if it's not appropriate to ask here. But, a lot of web pages  
> about installing it are ubuntu-specific and don't necessarily  
> translate easily to the different guis in p:d (or lack of guis, for  
> some things).
> 
> I'm still not used to linux package systems yet. There is something  
> to be said for downloading a file, double-clicking it and having  
> stuff happen to install the software from there :)  Or at least,  
> being able to find installation instructions on line that, you know,  
> work.
> 
> James
> 
> 
> : H. James Harkins
> : [email protected]
> : http://www.dewdrop-world.net
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> 
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> Sing me a song no poet has yet chanted,
> Sing me the universal."  -- Whitman
> 
> 


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