Re: [authors] How to install OOo3.0beta on Ubuntu?
2008/5/8 Jean Weber [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Okay guys, my ignorance has taken over. I hope someone on this list can help me; if not, I'll try elsewhere. I've downloaded and unpacked the DEB version of OOo3.0beta, but I don't know what to do now to install it. There doesn't seem to be an installer file, and I've never installed a whole bunch of DEB files before. (In the past I've always used the OOo RPMs -- mainly because I learned how to do that when DEBs were not available.) I rarely install from anything other than the Ubuntu repositories, so I'm really out of my depth here. I need someone to give me a very explicit explanation. The files are in a folder on my desktop. The program or its components do not need to show on any of the menus; I know how to make a desktop launcher once the program is installed. Thanks! --Jean Hello Jean, Normally I put all the .deb files in /tmp/DEBS and then open a terminal window and run sudo dpkg -i *.deb In some of the distributed packages you will also find inside the DEBS directory a further directory called desktop_integration. If it exists this will install the shortcuts in your menu. Just cd into it and execute again the command above. [CODE] cd desktop_integration sudo dpkg -i *.deb [/CODE] If you do not have the desktop integration let me know and I will send you (off-list) my launchers and icons that you can manually copy into the right directory in your system. Cheers, Michele
Re: [authors] How to install OOo3.0beta on Ubuntu?
Michele wrote: Normally I put all the .deb files in /tmp/DEBS and then open a terminal window and run sudo dpkg -i *.deb In some of the distributed packages you will also find inside the DEBS directory a further directory called desktop_integration. If it exists this will install the shortcuts in your menu. Just cd into it and execute again the command above. [CODE] cd desktop_integration sudo dpkg -i *.deb [/CODE] If you do not have the desktop integration let me know and I will send you (off-list) my launchers and icons that you can manually copy into the right directory in your system. Yay! That worked. OOo's 3.0 all installed and appears to be working. Thank you, Michele! The desktop_integration directory isn't there. Anyway, I DON'T want shortcuts installed in the menu... just a launcher on the desktop. I've made a launcher but it's using an old OOo2 icon at the moment. --Jean
Re: [authors] How to install OOo3.0beta on Ubuntu?
Hello Jean, *, On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 03:09:22PM +1000, Jean Weber wrote: Okay guys, my ignorance has taken over. I hope someone on this list can help me; if not, I'll try elsewhere. Although I am using Debian here, I think I can help you ... ;) I've downloaded and unpacked the DEB version of OOo3.0beta, but I don't know what to do now to install it. There doesn't seem to be an installer file, That is right ... Debian (and the like) has its own tools to install packages ... ;) and I've never installed a whole bunch of DEB files before. (In the past I've always used the OOo RPMs -- mainly because I learned how to do that when DEBs were not available.) I rarely install from anything other than the Ubuntu repositories, so I'm really out of my depth here. G I need someone to give me a very explicit explanation. The files are in a folder on my desktop. The program or its components do not need to show on any of the menus; I know how to make a desktop launcher once the program is installed. To install them system wide you need to be root. Just do command sudo dpkg -i /home/$YourUser'sHome/$YourFolderWithYourFiles/* /command to install them :) Say: Your user is jhweber and your desktop folder, where your extracted files are in is called DEV300 in your desktop folder. Then you should type command sudo dpkg -i /home/jhweber/Desktop/DEV300 /command You could shorten your typing by tabbing like command sudtabspacedpktabspace-ispace/htab/jtab/DtabtabDtab* /command HTH Thomas. -- * Mercury calmly removes XT-Ream's arm.. * Mercury then proceeds to beat XT-Ream with XT-Ream's arm. Knghtbrd wow, all this quake hacking is making Mercury violent here * mao is glad the quake forge project is in good hands
[authors] How to install OOo3.0beta on Ubuntu?
Okay guys, my ignorance has taken over. I hope someone on this list can help me; if not, I'll try elsewhere. I've downloaded and unpacked the DEB version of OOo3.0beta, but I don't know what to do now to install it. There doesn't seem to be an installer file, and I've never installed a whole bunch of DEB files before. (In the past I've always used the OOo RPMs -- mainly because I learned how to do that when DEBs were not available.) I rarely install from anything other than the Ubuntu repositories, so I'm really out of my depth here. I need someone to give me a very explicit explanation. The files are in a folder on my desktop. The program or its components do not need to show on any of the menus; I know how to make a desktop launcher once the program is installed. Thanks! --Jean
