Hi, On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 09:19, John Kaufmann wrote: > In a message dated 2009.10.06 19:37 -0500, Harold Fuchs wrote: > >> See the discussion at >> http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=69 > > Thanks! That seems to answer the question exactly. [...] > > Unfortunately, those directions are obsolete, beginning with 'Go to the > folder called "extended".' (There is no folder called "extended", just > "localized".)
Err ... That's <http://distribution.openoffice.org/mirrors/#extmirrors> <quote> Extended mirrors are now listed in the list of All Mirror Sites, which are marked with "S C L D E." [...] Directories: S: stable/ C: contrib/ L: localized/ E: extended/ </quote> Please, select the "Directories" for your "Location" with the mark "E", and select the folder "extended/" - afterwards (e.g.) "3.1.1rc2/" ... You'll get the same site from the OOo download site ... <http://download.openoffice.org/index.html> ... ... if you go to the column on the right > Other versions > Mirror Server ... (You might try also: > Documentation > Installation Instructions > Extensive setup guide [PDF] > page 11, General Installation Information: "Language packs are mostly available from each Native Language Community and may also be available from http://oootranslation.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/ [... the following instructions are outdated]") > [...] >> [...] > > Notes: [...] Not all platforms are supported in each > /localized directory, and when supported, sometimes have only the install, > sometimes only the language pack. See above (/extended directory) ... /localized directories contain the "stable" versions - e.g., language packs which are additionally tested and approved by Quality Assurance [ <http://qa.openoffice.org/> ] > [...] > Some have only a complete install: > {cs, cy, el, ga, gl, it, ko, ku, mk, nb, nn, pt, sv, zh-cn, zh-tw}. [...] See above (/extended directory) ... e.g. <http://openoffice.mirrors.tds.net/pub/openoffice/extended/3.1.1rc2/> But I agree to that: Detecting the language packs should be more user-friendly ;-) Manfred -- Tech Support Cheat Sheet <http://xkcd.com/627/> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
