On Sun, 2005-10-23 at 00:22 -0400, Jack Carroll wrote: > On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 08:41:29AM -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 08:13 -0400, Jack Carroll wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 09:57:45AM -0400, Wesley Allen wrote: > > > > > > > 1. download package > > > > 2. tar zxvf package > > > > 3. cd package/RPMS > > > > 4. sudo alien -k *.rpm > > > > 5. dpkg -i *.deb > > > > 6. cd desktop-integration > > > > 7. dpkg -i openoffice.org-debian-menus_2.0.0-3_all.deb > > > > > > > > Done. > > > > > > > > What's the problem? 2 more commands, and most distros will have 2.0 > > > > installed by default anyway... > > > > > > > > > Thanks for this. I wouldn't have figured out all of this myself, > > > particularly the last two commands. I'll give it a shot. I'm running > > > Debian Sid, upgraded to Experimental, and no, it doesn't have 2.0 > > > available > > > yet. > > > > > > The problem is that the script you gave us isn't in the official > > > installation instructions, and that's a showstopper to anyone other than a > > > real expert. If the project can be talked into just including that in the > > > written instructions, and nothing more, it will be enough to make all the > > > difference to those of us who use Debian-derived distros. > > > > > > > FYI to you and others reading this thread. There is setup documentation. > > Please see > > http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/2.x/en/SETUP_GUIDE.pdf > > If we are missing something or you find the instruction confusing. > > > I wouldn't have thought to look in a setup guide for installation > instructions. But between that and the script above, I got it to install. > Nothing showed up in the GUI menus, but that might be because I'm running a > very bare Debian Sid, without Gnome. Anyway, it complained about not > finding a Java runtime, even though the debs for it are installed. But I > got writer to start up, and began messing around with it. At least I can > start to train, while waiting for the regular debs with the right > dependencies to filter through into the Debian repository. > So, thanks, guys. > > Now back to my regular problem. How the heck to draw graphics in a > Page Style, so they're located on the page background outside the text > column, and show up in the same place on every body page that uses that > style. No clues found in the manual, so far. >
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