2008/9/20 Johnny Rosenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 2008/9/20 M Henri Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> 2008/9/20 Johnny Rosenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> > Distro=Ubuntu 8.04 >> > OpenOffice.org, latest RC (downloaded today from the Openoffice.org >> site). >> > >> > I unpacked, opened a virtual terminal, went to the directory with all >> the >> > debs, then did sudo dpkg -i *deb >> > It installed fine. >> > >> > I wanted to intall it alongside the 2.4.1 version, and when I click the >> > ordinary Office icon, for example the Calc icon, the old 2.4.1 starts. >> > That's fine, that's exactly what I want to happen, but how do I start >> the >> > new 3.0 RC? I just can't find it… and I don't even know where to start >> > looking. Tried "whereis" but I only found the 2.4.1 version. >> > >> > J.R. >> >> >> Johnny, do you see the suite (OOo 3.0 RC1) under «Program» → «Kontor» (I >> presume that you, like me, are running a Swedish version of Hardy, if not >> use the English equivalents) ? > > No, there are only the 2.4.1 icons, which not surprisingly starts the 2.4.1 > applications. > > >> If so, you can put the new icon (looks like a >> bouncing spring) on your panel by right-clicking it and then choosing >> «Lägg >> till den här programstartare på panelen». > > Well, the problem was that I couldn't it since I didn'ty know what to look > for, exactly. I know how to add things to whatever places I like, that's not > a problem for me since I have used Ubuntu for a bit more than a year now. > But you couldn't possibly know that, so it's ok… > > >> If not, run «locate soffice.bin» >> in a terminal and see what you get - presumably something like >> «/opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice.bin». > > No, I only got another location, which only lead me to the 2.4.1 once > again. However, I finally found it, thanks to you. > /opt/openoffice.org3.program/soffice.bin was exactly what I was looking for! > Strange that the locate command didn't mention that place… > > >> Test this command in your >> terminal to confirm that it does, indeed, open OOo 3.0 RC1. If so, you can >> add it to your Gnome menu by following the instructions found on this >> Ubuntu >> Geek page (http://preview.tinyurl.com/49ua5n), and then those above to >> put >> the icon on your panel.... >> >> Henri >> > By the way, why are you using Swedish version? You are not Swedish, are > you? But you were right, I am. > > J.R. > The only problem now, is that OpenOffice 3 (RC whatever) crash every time I try to start it, and I mean EVERY time. The crash seems to occur before it has been able to do jsut about anything at all… I'll test again later, from the terminal so I can see what error messages there are.
J.R.
