2010/2/15 M Henri Day <[email protected]> > 2010/2/15 NoOp <[email protected]> > > On 02/14/2010 04:48 AM, M Henri Day wrote: >> > 2010/2/14 NoOp <[email protected]> >> > >> >> On 02/13/2010 08:46 PM, NoOp wrote: >> >> > On 02/13/2010 12:15 AM, M Henri Day wrote: >> >> >> 2010/2/13 NoOp ... >> >> > >> >> >>> Then you didn't actually uninstall 3.1, or you didn't install 3.2. >> >> >>> Please provide details on *exactly* what and how you installed. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Here below, NoOp, the gory details : >> >> >> >> >> >> 1) Downloaded >> «OOo_3.2.0rc5_20100203_LinuxX86-64_install_sv_deb.tar.gz» >> >> >> package to my Downloads directory. >> >> >> 2) Opened the Synaptic package manager and uninstalled v 3.2.0rc4. >> >> >> 3) Extacted the contents >> >> >> of «OOo_3.2.0rc5_20100203_LinuxX86-64_install_sv_deb.tar.gz» to a >> folder >> >> >> called «OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_sv.9483» in my home directory. >> >> >> 4) Opened a terminal, cd-ed into >> >> ../OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_sv.9483/DEBS >> >> >> 5) Installed the Debs files via «sudo dpkg -i *.deb». >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> After checking to see that the new installation was up and running, >> I >> >> went >> >> >> back to Synaptic and uninstalled all the «ooobasis-dev3.1...» files >> >> found >> >> >> there. Despite this, as noted above, both .odt and .doc files open >> in >> >> OOo >> >> >> 3.1, as do .pps files. In addition to the >> >> «OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_sv.9483» >> >> >> folder mentioned above, the earlier >> «OOO310_m11_native_packed-3_sv.9399» >> >> >> folder still is found in my home directory ; would removing the >> latter >> >> >> resolve the problem ?... >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > A few points: >> >> > >> >> > 1. You don't need to uninstall (U)OOo, it will reside nicely >> >> > side-by-side with standard OOo. There is a trick to this though... >> you >> >> > need to modify the (S)OOo file to to use an alternate profile to the >> >> > (U)OOo. This is what I do: >> >> > >> >> > - First set write permissions on /opt/openoffice.org3/bootstraprc >> >> > >> >> > $ sudo chmod +w /opt/openoffice.org3/program/bootstraprc >> >> > >> >> > - Modify that file to: >> >> > 'UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/.openoffice.org/3' >> >> >> >> Correction: >> >> - Modify that file *from*: >> >> 'UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/.openoffice.org/3' >> >> to >> >> 'UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/.openoffice.org3/3' >> >> >> > >> > NoOp, thanks for your detailed reply ! My write-protected >> > «/opt/openoffice.org3/program/bootstraprc» file looked like this : >> > >> > [Bootstrap] >> > BaseInstallation=${OOO_BASE_DIR} >> > InstallMode=<installmode> >> > ProductKey=OpenOffice.org 3.2 >> > UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/.openoffice.org/3 >> > [ErrorReport] >> > ErrorReportPort=80 >> > ErrorReportServer=report.services.openoffice.org >> > >> > I tried to use the «chmod» command you suggested above, but for some >> strange >> > reason, I couldn't get the «+w» option to take, so I decided to run >> «sudo >> > chmod 777 /opt/openoffice.org3/program/ >> > bootstraprc» instead - an elephant gun to shoot mosquitoes, perhaps, but >> it >> > worked. When I open the file, I now see >> «UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/. >> > openoffice.org/3/3». >> >> <quote> >> Correction: >> - Modify that file *from*: >> 'UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/.openoffice.org/3' >> to >> 'UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/.openoffice.org3/3' >> </quote> >> >> > However, despite this change, when I click an .odt or a >> > .doc file, it still opens in Writer in OOo 3.1 ! A piece of information >> > which may or not be useful in this context is that the command which >> opens >> > OOo 3.2 is «/opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice». Hope you can suggest >> a >> > way out - I can work around the problem easily enough, by first opening >> OOo >> > 3.2 and then opening my files from within Writer, but it irritates me >> that I >> > can't change the default.... >> >> Perhaps you missed the part about setting your defaults in Nautilus? >> > > Indeed, I had ! After rereading your instructions, I assigned .odt, .doc., > and .docx files to «swriter» and .ppt and .pps files to «simpress» and all > my documents of these types are now opening in OOo 3.2. Thanks, NoOp, I knew > that I could count on you to resolve the problem. Hope others in a similar > situation find our discussion above useful !... > > Henri >
Alas, as is my wont, I spoke too soon ! I've just noted that, for example, a .doc file sent as an attachment to an email still opens by default in OOo 3.1. Any suggestions as to how to correct this ?... Henri
