On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 19:58 -0400, Evan Panagiotopoulos wrote: > I am sorry but instead of replying to the list, for all to benefit, I > replied to Karl only. Here is my reply: > > Thank-you Karl! > > Went to download.openoffice.org, followed the links to a US mirror, > ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/openoffice/, selected > ->stable/2.2.1/OOo_2.2.1_LinuxIntel_install_wJRE_en-US.tar.gz. > > Downloaded the file, unpacked it, issued rpm -ivh *.rpm, received an error > stating that " package jre-1.6.0_01-fcs (which is newer than > jre-1.6.0-fcs) is already installed". I deleted the jre file, re-issued > the rpm installcommand, AND PRESTO! I got it! I thank the binary gods of > Linux! > > Evan
Glad you got it working; however, for the benefit to all, :-) I offer a few comments... 1. Installing with yum, or smart, or your-favorite-package-manager, rather than rpm would have handled package precedence and any required dependencies. 2. Binaries built for the distro (or clone) are more likely to function properly, and less likely to be problematic, than "generic" packages. 3. I'd still recommend the CentOS repos for such "core" add-ons. 4. Any of the above would presumably be unsupported by Red Hat, and so might best be avoided if paying them for their fine support services. Phil _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
