Re: Latest Open Office install
Doug wrote: I would prefer it even more if you got together with the Symphony people and imported their nice user-friendly interface!! By the way, your wish is not far from reality. Symphony has now been discontinued. The former Symphony team is currently working on OpenOffice, integrating some interesting Symphony code: see https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/merging_lotus_symphony_allegro_moderato for more. Regards, Andrea. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Latest Open Office install
On 01/24/2013 03:29 PM, doug wrote: On 01/24/2013 03:05 PM, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 02:46:24PM -0500, doug wrote: [doug@Dell desktop-integration]$ rpm -UVH openoffice.org3.4-freedesktop-menus-3.4-9593.noarch.rpm error: open of /usr/share/comps/i386/hdlist failed: No such file or directory Did you get the same the error trying with mandriva-menus? Regards You hit the nail on the head! I should have tried that myself, but I was slavishly following instructions rather than using my head! Everything is now copacetic. I have the whole set of OO programs in my GUI menu, and they work--at least Writer does, so I assume they all do. This has been a long grind for each of us, and I am grateful for your help and your patience--all of you who pitched in to help me. Thank you very much! (I still think you need an easier installation. It was not like this months ago when I installed the program on my desktop.) --doug It is not all that complex. Some of steps could even be written as a script that you could run as a superuser. 1) Extract the AOO tar file. 2) Browse to the RPMS files using the command line. 3) As a superuser, enter this commandrpm -UVH *.rpm 4) Browse to the desktop-integration folder. 5) As a superuser, enter this commandrpm -UVH file>.rpm 6) Close the command line. This should be all that it takes to install AOO. --Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Latest Open Office install
On 01/24/2013 03:13 PM, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 02:57:02PM -0500, doug wrote: The applications are launched by shell scripts in /opt/openoffice.org3/program Base: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/sbase Calc: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/scalc Draw: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/sdraw Impress: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/simpress Math: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/smath The StartCenter: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice Pritner admin.: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/spadmin Writer: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/swriter But better try installing the desktop-integration package. Regards I would like to install the desktop integration package, but my previous post shows what happens when I do. Now, trying to run any of the pieces of OO from a command line doesn't work either, and I don't understand why. The files are marked executable by anybody, but apparently not by me--even from root. Here'sa portion of the directory, and the output: -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 3916 Aug 13 10:43 soffice* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 9672 Aug 13 10:43 soffice.bin* -r--r--r-- 1 root root180 Aug 13 10:43 sofficerc -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2638 Aug 13 10:43 spadmin* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1002 Aug 13 10:40 swriter* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1618 Aug 13 10:43 unoinfo* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2834 Aug 13 10:43 unopkg* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 9672 Aug 13 10:43 unopkg.bin* -r--r--r-- 1 root root467 Aug 13 10:43 versionrc [root@Dell program]# soffice.bin bash: soffice.bin: command not found [root@Dell program]# soffice bash: soffice: command not found [root@Dell program]# swriter bash: swriter: command not found All these are missing the ./ before the script name, otherwise the script is searched in /usr/bin $HOME/bin /usr/local/bin etc. As this directory is not on the path, you have to use the full path to the script: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/swriter or, cd to the dictory containing the script, and execute the script with dot slash script, for example ./swriter cd /opt/openoffice.org3/program/ ./swriter Regards Of course! I just wasn't thinking of that. anyway, as you see from my other message, everything is now working like it should. Thank you all once again! --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Latest Open Office install
On 01/24/2013 03:05 PM, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 02:46:24PM -0500, doug wrote: [doug@Dell desktop-integration]$ rpm -UVH openoffice.org3.4-freedesktop-menus-3.4-9593.noarch.rpm error: open of /usr/share/comps/i386/hdlist failed: No such file or directory Did you get the same the error trying with mandriva-menus? Regards You hit the nail on the head! I should have tried that myself, but I was slavishly following instructions rather than using my head! Everything is now copacetic. I have the whole set of OO programs in my GUI menu, and they work--at least Writer does, so I assume they all do. This has been a long grind for each of us, and I am grateful for your help and your patience--all of you who pitched in to help me. Thank you very much! (I still think you need an easier installation. It was not like this months ago when I installed the program on my desktop.) --doug - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Latest Open Office install
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 02:57:02PM -0500, doug wrote: > > >The applications are launched by shell scripts in > >/opt/openoffice.org3/program > > > >Base: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/sbase > >Calc: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/scalc > >Draw: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/sdraw > >Impress: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/simpress > >Math: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/smath > >The StartCenter: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice > >Pritner admin.: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/spadmin > >Writer: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/swriter > > > >But better try installing the desktop-integration package. > > > > > >Regards > I would like to install the desktop integration package, > but my previous post shows what happens when I do. > > Now, trying to run any of the pieces of OO from a > command line doesn't work either, and I don't understand why. > The files are marked executable by anybody, but apparently > not by me--even from root. Here'sa portion of the directory, > and the output: > > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 3916 Aug 13 10:43 soffice* > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 9672 Aug 13 10:43 soffice.bin* > -r--r--r-- 1 root root180 Aug 13 10:43 sofficerc > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2638 Aug 13 10:43 spadmin* > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1002 Aug 13 10:40 swriter* > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1618 Aug 13 10:43 unoinfo* > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2834 Aug 13 10:43 unopkg* > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 9672 Aug 13 10:43 unopkg.bin* > -r--r--r-- 1 root root467 Aug 13 10:43 versionrc > [root@Dell program]# soffice.bin > bash: soffice.bin: command not found > [root@Dell program]# soffice > bash: soffice: command not found > [root@Dell program]# swriter > bash: swriter: command not found All these are missing the ./ before the script name, otherwise the script is searched in /usr/bin $HOME/bin /usr/local/bin etc. As this directory is not on the path, you have to use the full path to the script: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/swriter or, cd to the dictory containing the script, and execute the script with dot slash script, for example ./swriter cd /opt/openoffice.org3/program/ ./swriter Regards -- Ariel Constenla-Haile La Plata, Argentina pgpDOXmNJsf1o.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Latest Open Office install
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 02:46:24PM -0500, doug wrote: > [doug@Dell desktop-integration]$ rpm -UVH > openoffice.org3.4-freedesktop-menus-3.4-9593.noarch.rpm > error: open of /usr/share/comps/i386/hdlist failed: No such file or > directory Did you get the same the error trying with mandriva-menus? Regards -- Ariel Constenla-Haile La Plata, Argentina pgp0y82_Pg0pj.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Latest Open Office install
The applications are launched by shell scripts in /opt/openoffice.org3/program Base: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/sbase Calc: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/scalc Draw: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/sdraw Impress: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/simpress Math: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/smath The StartCenter: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice Pritner admin.: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/spadmin Writer: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/swriter But better try installing the desktop-integration package. Regards I would like to install the desktop integration package, but my previous post shows what happens when I do. Now, trying to run any of the pieces of OO from a command line doesn't work either, and I don't understand why. The files are marked executable by anybody, but apparently not by me--even from root. Here'sa portion of the directory, and the output: -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 3916 Aug 13 10:43 soffice* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 9672 Aug 13 10:43 soffice.bin* -r--r--r-- 1 root root180 Aug 13 10:43 sofficerc -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2638 Aug 13 10:43 spadmin* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1002 Aug 13 10:40 swriter* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1618 Aug 13 10:43 unoinfo* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2834 Aug 13 10:43 unopkg* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 9672 Aug 13 10:43 unopkg.bin* -r--r--r-- 1 root root467 Aug 13 10:43 versionrc [root@Dell program]# soffice.bin bash: soffice.bin: command not found [root@Dell program]# soffice bash: soffice: command not found [root@Dell program]# swriter bash: swriter: command not found --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Latest Open Office install
On 01/24/2013 06:09 AM, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: Hi Doug, On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 03:48:17AM -0500, Doug wrote: Reminder: I'm running PCLinuxOS-KDE. I once again extracted the downloaded file "Apache_OpenOffice_incubating_3.4.1_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz" which created a tremendous batch of rpms in a subsubdirectory /en-US/RPMS. From that directory, ran the code:rpm -Uvh *.rpm which created a batch of ooo2* files. I could not extract any /desktop-integration RPMS--even the mandriva one, which I thought would work, since PCLOS is a derivative of Mandriva. Error message was "Can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/_db000 (no such file or directory)" Try creating that directory as superuser su - mkdir -p /var/lib/rpm/ Then cd desktop-integration/ and install the freedesktop-menus package, it is likely to work on every modern distribution. None of the OpenOffice programs (writer, calc, etc) appear in the PCLOS GUI menu, which they do on this machine. I have looked in Synaptic, and all the files are the same in both machines and listed as installed. You can always run the programs from the command line I don't know how to get any of the OO files to appear on the desktop or to run. One of the problems is that I have no idea what the names of the executable files are, or where they are located. The applications are launched by shell scripts in /opt/openoffice.org3/program Base: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/sbase Calc: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/scalc Draw: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/sdraw Impress: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/simpress Math: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/smath The StartCenter: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice Pritner admin.: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/spadmin Writer: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/swriter But better try installing the desktop-integration package. Regards I made the /var/lib/rpm directory, as per instructions.and tried to run the freedesktop file. It complained about not finding _db.000, so I made that. Here's the /var/lib/rpm directory: [doug@Dell ~]$ cd /var/lib/rpm [doug@Dell rpm]$ sudo mkdir _db.000 Password: [doug@Dell rpm]$ ls -la total 57320 drwxr-xr-x 5 rpm rpm 4096 Jan 24 14:29 ./ drwxr-xr-x 49 root root 4096 Jan 19 07:19 ../ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 19 07:17 alternatives/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10625024 Jan 24 01:48 Basenames -rw-r--r-- 1 root root12288 Jan 19 07:19 Conflictname drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 24 14:29 _db.000/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2506752 Jan 24 01:48 Dirnames -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10452992 Jan 24 01:48 Filedigests drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 23 11:38 filetriggers/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root49152 Jan 24 01:48 Group -rw-r--r-- 1 root root40960 Jan 24 01:48 Installtid -rw-r--r-- 1 root root90112 Jan 24 01:48 Name -rw-r--r-- 1 root root45056 Jan 23 15:30 Obsoletename -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36610048 Jan 24 01:48 Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1273856 Jan 24 01:48 Providename -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 229376 Jan 24 01:48 Provideversion -rw-r--r-- 1 root root12288 Jun 26 2012 Pubkeys -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 577536 Jan 24 01:48 Requirename -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 335872 Jan 24 01:48 Requireversion -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 167936 Jan 24 01:48 Sha1header -rw-r--r-- 1 root root90112 Jan 24 01:48 Sigmd5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root12288 Jan 24 01:44 Triggername The _db.000 subsub directory is empty. After I created it, I tried the freedesktop rpm again, and got this: [doug@Dell desktop-integration]$ rpm -UVH openoffice.org3.4-freedesktop-menus-3.4-9593.noarch.rpm error: open of /usr/share/comps/i386/hdlist failed: No such file or directory And there is not even part of that tree: [doug@Dell desktop-integration]$ cd /usr/share/comps/i386 bash: cd: /usr/share/comps/i386: No such file or directory [doug@Dell desktop-integration]$ cd /usr/share/comps bash: cd: /usr/share/comps: No such file or directory There is, of courxe, /usr/share. Thank you for your patience. Now what? --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Latest Open Office install
Hi Doug, On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 03:48:17AM -0500, Doug wrote: > Reminder: I'm running PCLinuxOS-KDE. > > I once again extracted the downloaded file > "Apache_OpenOffice_incubating_3.4.1_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz" > which created a tremendous batch of rpms in a subsubdirectory /en-US/RPMS. > From that directory, ran the code:rpm -Uvh *.rpm > which created a batch of ooo2* files. > I could not extract any /desktop-integration RPMS--even the mandriva > one, which I thought would work, since PCLOS > is a derivative of Mandriva. Error message was "Can't create > transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/_db000 (no such file or directory)" Try creating that directory as superuser su - mkdir -p /var/lib/rpm/ Then cd desktop-integration/ and install the freedesktop-menus package, it is likely to work on every modern distribution. > None of the OpenOffice programs (writer, calc, etc) appear in the > PCLOS GUI menu, which they do on this machine. > I have looked in Synaptic, and all the files are the same in both > machines and listed as installed. You can always run the programs from the command line > I don't know how to get any of the OO files to appear on the desktop > or to run. One of the problems is that I have > no idea what the names of the executable files are, or where they > are located. The applications are launched by shell scripts in /opt/openoffice.org3/program Base: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/sbase Calc: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/scalc Draw: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/sdraw Impress: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/simpress Math: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/smath The StartCenter: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice Pritner admin.: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/spadmin Writer: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/swriter But better try installing the desktop-integration package. Regards -- Ariel Constenla-Haile La Plata, Argentina pgp4pfKtCxbhF.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Fwd: Latest Open Office install
/snip/ Quote: You should then download an RPM version from http://www.openoffice.org/download/other.html and install using the instructions at http://www.openoffice.org/download/common/instructions.html#linux-rpm End qoute. As I mentioned in a post you will see at time = 3:48AM, I have downloaded and extracted the file mentioned, and run all the commands in the "common instructions" except number 8, which won't run. Those are the Desktop-integration rpms, and they all produce an error on my PCLOS system. It's too late to try the arrangement of running the rpms in Synaptic--they're extracted already, and the extracted rpm files now appear in Synaptic, and appear installed. Please refer to the 3:48 post for more detail. If you'd like me to post anything from the system, please advise. --doug I accept the OP's statement that PCLOS uses Synaptic; online information is confusing about this. Some information I haveseen suggests that PCLOS's Synaptic is set by default to delete RPM files, but that there is a setting which overrides this on a case by case basis. Some information on this is given at this URL, which may now be out of date in its OpenOffice references http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-pclinuxos-2010-kde-p4 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Latest Open Office install
Reminder: I'm running PCLinuxOS-KDE. I once again extracted the downloaded file "Apache_OpenOffice_incubating_3.4.1_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz" which created a tremendous batch of rpms in a subsubdirectory /en-US/RPMS. From that directory, ran the code:rpm -Uvh *.rpm which created a batch of ooo2* files. I could not extract any /desktop-integration RPMS--even the mandriva one, which I thought would work, since PCLOS is a derivative of Mandriva. Error message was "Can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/_db000 (no such file or directory)" None of the OpenOffice programs (writer, calc, etc) appear in the PCLOS GUI menu, which they do on this machine. I have looked in Synaptic, and all the files are the same in both machines and listed as installed. I don't know how to get any of the OO files to appear on the desktop or to run. One of the problems is that I have no idea what the names of the executable files are, or where they are located. I'm stuck. Please advise. --doug - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Fwd: Latest Open Office install
On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:21:39 -0500 Doug wrote: > On 01/23/2013 03:02 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:42:16 -0500 > > Doug wrote: > > > >> On 01/23/2013 02:10 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > >>> On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:46:59 -0500 > >>> Doug wrote: > >>> > On 01/23/2013 09:53 AM, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 07:30:50AM -0600, Art Pederson wrote: > >> Hope someone can help Doug out. > >> Begin forwarded message: > >> > >>> From: Doug > >>> Date: 22 January, 2013 9:57:56 PM CST > >>> To: Art Pederson > >>> Subject: Latest Open Office install > >>> > >>> Hi, Art-- > >>> > >>> I sent a message to the mailing list, but have gotten no answer. > > I haven't found any thread started by you on this subject. > > > >>> I downloaded OO, in a compacted file-- > >>>Apache...x86_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz > >>> I had never seen an rpm packaged inside a tar file before, but > >>> I unzipped it, and now I have rpms all over the place, as well as > >>> a directory of Apache advertising. > > If you downloaded from http://www.openoffice.org/download then there is > > no advertising at all, this must be the readme and license. > > > >>> Is there any way to simply install this thing? I never had this > >>> problem when I downloaded it many months ago, but now I > >>> want to put it on another machine, and I have this mess. > > It depends on the Linux distribution you are using. I assume you are not > > using Ubuntu or any other distro using DEBs, as you downloaded RPMs. > > Some Linux distro require manual tweaking, so please let us know the > > distro you are using. > > > > > > Regards > I was not aware that PCLOS seems to have OO in the repos now-- > it is called ooobasis* so I will try and delete all the stuff that I > downloaded > from Apache and try and install this and see what happens. > I will report back. > > --doug > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > >>> My quick check suggests that PCLOS uses LibreOffice. While it is > >>> possible to install Apache OpenOffice in parallel with LibreOffice, my > >>> experience with Ubuntu is that if one wants a quiet life without the > >>> necessary tweaking one should entirely remove LibreOffice _before_ > >>> installing Apache OpenOffice. In Ubuntu this is best done by using > >>> Synaptic (their package manager) to remove libreoffice-core*. In PCLOS > >>> this might be done with Yum, but your experience with PCLOS will direct > >>> you better than my supposition. > >>> > >>> You should then download an RPM version from > >>> http://www.openoffice.org/download/other.html > >>> and install using the instructions at > >>> http://www.openoffice.org/download/common/instructions.html#linux-rpm > >>> > >> As I mentioned in my last post, it appears that PCLOS finally has OO in > >> the repos. > >> I already had downloaded the archive at the link you posted, and that's > >> what > >> started this problem. You need to get rid of the tar.gz and just have ONE > >> rpm. that installs the whole thing. But hopefully I can find and remove > >> the > >> mess that this download created and load from Synaptic (not YUM). > >> Will report results. > >> > > I honestly do not think PCLOS uses Synaptic, if it uses RPM packages. > > > I have posted another message, set just before this one, that indicates that > PCLOS does NOT, in fact, have OO in the repos. However, I guarantee you > that PCLOS uses Synaptic--I have been using this distro for almost 2 years > and that's the only means I know of to install something that's in the repo. > What's not in the repo, I can install from an RPM. or from source, and I > have done both. > I accept the OP's statement that PCLOS uses Synaptic; online information is confusing about this. Some information I haveseen suggests that PCLOS's Synaptic is set by default to delete RPM files, but that there is a setting which overrides this on a case by case basis. Some information on this is given at this URL, which may now be out of date in its OpenOffice references http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-pclinuxos-2010-kde-p4 -- Rory O'Farrell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
