On Friday 12 March 2010 13:42:01 Yachoved wrote: > I'm new to Openoffice software and would like to create a database, but > can't find how to do this in Openoffice. I'm not sure I have the latest > version. The version I am using is 2.4.1. The problem I'm having is I > don't know what type or version of Linux I'm using, ie 32.bit DEB, 64.bit > RPM or 64.bit DEB and I can't seem to find out where to look for it. > > As you might have guessed, I'm totally new to using Linux, but I like it. > I am using it on a laptop I purchased from a friend. He partitioned the > drive so I could use both Windows as a operating system and try Linux. > That worked wonderful until the Windows side became infected with a virus > and now I can't even get onto that side. > > I know this is long and you have millions of emails to read, but I really > need to use the database portion of Openoffice but I can't find it in my > system. I would really like to get it started soon, so if possible could > someone please get back to me on this matter? > > Thanks you, > > Johnnie T. aka Yachoved >
To find out what version of Linux you are using open a terminal and type the following: more /etc/*release* That file will tell you what you are running. As for OOo Base, I don't think many Linux distros install Base by default. I have yet to figure out why that is but such is life. You will need to open your distro package manager and search for packages with the word "OpenOffice". This will list all the OpenOffice.org packages that your distro has (including those installed). Scroll down the list until you find base and install it. John --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
