On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:28:42 +0200 Dotan Cohen <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2009/1/22 NoOp <[email protected]>: > > That is because the PPA overwrites your existing Ubuntu OOo and > > installs in it's place, so you need to look for ooffice: > > > > ~$ locate ooffice > > > > will show you that ooffice is located at /usr/bin/ooffice and if you > > look at the file you'll find that it is a shell that points to > > /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice > > > > So, you wish to open Writer specifically you can do two things: > > > > 1. From your Office menu click on the Writer icon which uses: > > ooffice -writer %U > > 2. From a terminal: > > ~$ ooffice -writer > > or > > /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice -writer > > > > > > Thanks, Gary. The "oofice -writer" command also shows the splash > screen briefly, then disappears and nothing else. I must ^C to get my > terminal back, as it keeps running. > > I removed OOo 2.4 before installing 3.0. Would it be advisable to > install 2.4 and _then_ install 3.0? > I use this: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/swriter It runs fine. Ubuntu 8.10 I have an icon on my panel which points to this address. soffice -writer file-name also works for me when opening a particular file. -- God bless you, Keith Bates www.new-life.org.au If you don't have a reason to live JESUS IS THE ANSWER! Ask him into your life today... He really does make a difference --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
