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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
