On Friday 13 January 2006 06:32 am, Dan Lewis wrote: > On Thursday 12 January 2006 02:10 pm, Andrew Towers wrote: > > Just wanted to take a minute to tell you how truely horrible OpenOffice > > is. > > > > I am running Debian Linux, not by choice, but because my office requires > > it. > > > > I attempted to apt-get the new OpenOffice but it wanted me to updated my > > kernel which isn't broken.. so no, I will not update it. > > > > I then downloaded OpenOffice from the website and it was a tarred up file > > that contained 25+ .rpm files and not a single readme to tell me how to > > install it. I have no clue what to do with these rpm files. > > > > This is the epitomy of why Linux will never EVER EVER be used by the > > average person. I was completely fooled into thinking your software > > would help bridge the gap, it only made it much worse. 25 rpm files, > > what a joke. > From another member of this mailing list that uses Debian: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Assuming you are running Debian stable (Sarge), you can find instructions how to use backports.org here:
http://www.backports.org/instructions.html Add this line deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ sarge-backports main to your /etc/apt/sources.list, and these lines Package: * Pin: release a=sarge-backports Pin-Priority: 200 to your /etc/apt/preferences. Then, to install the complete openoffice.org you would need to do the following: apt-get -t sarge-backports install openoffice.org This method will not require you to update your kernel. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
