Terry wrote: > James Knott wrote: >> Terry wrote: >> >>> Does anyone know how and where to get a Linux tarball instead of the >>> rpms? >>> >> >> Or Tarbell? ;-) >> >> http://www.s100-manuals.com/Harte-manuals/Tarbell/Tarbell Cassette >> Interface.pdf >> >> Actually, I thought the download from OOo was a tarball. > > There was an outcry when OpenOffice moved from a universal installer to > the rpms which, as you say, are compressed into a tarball. > > The outcome of the issue filed was that the software itself would be > available for installation from a tarball. > > IOW, it is supposed to be possible to install simply by uncompressing a > tarball - in the same way that Mozilla products can be installed. > > This other tarball (not to be confused with whatever you are talking > about) does not contain RPMs; it contains the software files, ready for > action and rarin' to go. > > Well, it would do if it exists, which is the first question in > question. :-\ > > The second question is *where* is it? > > Hi Terry
If it's any help, on gentoo I use rpm2tgz (after unpacking the download tarball) and it proceeds to put everything where it belongs in /opt/ I realise that is not a direct answer to your inititial question. HTH Russell --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
