On 10/20/2008 02:09 PM, M Henri Day wrote:
> 2008/10/20 John Jason Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
>> I downloaded the tar.gz file for 64-bit Debian Linux and untarred it.
>> That created a folder "OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358" containing
>> 48 .deb files, a license file and a readme file, plus one shell script
>> "update." The readme said nothing about how to install it. I ran the
>> shell script, but it flashed a terminal window for half a second and
>> then disappeared.
>>
>> Note that I want to migrate settings from my current 2.4.1, but I want
>> to leave 2.4.1 installed as is.
>>
>> I do know how to install a .deb file, but where do I start? Do I just
>> have to install all 48 files individually?
> 
> 
> As to your last question, definitely not. In a terminal, just cd into the
> DEBS directory and then run «sudo dpkg -i *.deb». This procedure worked fine
> for me with all of the 3.0 builds. Just remember to uninstall earlier
> versions of OOo 3 beta (*not* 2.4.1) in Synaptic, in the event you have any,
> prior to carrying out the above....
> 
> Henri

Henri is correct. Also here is a link with graphics that might help:

http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-openoffice-3.0.0-on-ubuntu-8.04


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