En/La Richard Barmann ha escrit, a 07/08/05 12:54: > I used Open Office 118 and now have 121. I would like to keep updating but > need to know if the new version will over write 121 or do I have to uninstall > the old before installing the new. Also do I have to move my Data or will it > save. It is in the Home file. I am using Kubuntu. > Thank You. Hi Richard, If by "data" you mean the Openoffice user settings, they are found in ~/.openoffice.org2 so installing a new OO version doesn't delete them. I use Debian not Kubuntu but maybe they are similar enough that you can follow one of these two methods: 1. .deb packages are found here ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/devel/680/ 2. (preferred by me) Download the latest install package from the OOo website and follow these instructions (you need to have alien installed for this to work) 1.) Download native .rpms 2.) "tar xzf" to extract RPMS/ subdir; cd RPMS/ 3.) Run su to become root and run 'alien -k *.i586.rpm' to produce .deb packages 4.) Install via "dpkg -i --force-overwrite *.deb" (--force-overwrite needed to correct spurious file conflicts in .debs produced by alien) 5.) Edit /opt/openoffice1.9.1xx/share/config/javavendors.xml to remove references to IBM and Blackdown vendors 6.) As root, run by hand postinst commands to complete configuration: # /opt/openoffice1.9.1xx/program/pkgchk --shared (you get 'pkgchk done.') 7.) Exit su shell via 'exit' 8.) Run '/opt/openoffice1.9.1xx/program/soffice' 1xx is the current version number. In my case it's opt/openoffice1.9.122/ Cheers, Jonathan
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